From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 09E2715800A for ; Tue, 1 Aug 2023 18:51:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9CC36E0BBA; Tue, 1 Aug 2023 18:51:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.hosts.co.uk (smtp.hosts.co.uk [85.233.160.19]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5CDF6E0B3B for ; Tue, 1 Aug 2023 18:51:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from host81-132-12-205.range81-132.btcentralplus.com ([81.132.12.205] helo=[192.168.1.99]) by smtp.hosts.co.uk with esmtpa (Exim) (envelope-from ) id 1qQuSs-0001F6-CH for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 01 Aug 2023 19:51:27 +0100 Message-ID: <791ee897-d646-96b4-a83a-44b8178b4206@youngman.org.uk> Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2023 19:51:26 +0100 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/102.13.0 Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Email clients Content-Language: en-GB To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <2313990.ElGaqSPkdT@wstn> <12261703.O9o76ZdvQC@wstn> <12257770.O9o76ZdvQC@wstn> From: Wols Lists In-Reply-To: <12257770.O9o76ZdvQC@wstn> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: e5e3d914-aa66-411c-a44a-1a925c6620a6 X-Archives-Hash: e5ce81e10824a462928224f9958007fc On 31/07/2023 16:55, Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Monday, 31 July 2023 15:19:22 BST Wols Lists wrote: > >> The big question that needs answering is "Are you storing your emails in >> dovecot, or in kmail?" > > In KMail. > > My server has fetchmail -> postfix -> dovecot. Fetchmail collects POP3 emails > from my ISP and forwards it to postfix, and dovecot serves IMAP4 to my > workstation. So if Dovecot is serving IMAP4 to your workstation, the emails should be in dovecot, and cached on your workstation. For my setup, they're stored in dovecot, and cached in thunderbird ... > > My backup method is simple: I archive KMail's emails daily to a local disk, > then shut the system down on a Sunday to back up the entire system to an > external USB-3 disk. If kmail is caching them, chances are they're stashed away in the .kmail directory or wherever, in some standard format, and you can just back that up. > > The server is taken down on a Saturday for complete system backup, to another > USB-3 disk. > Perfect, they're now backed up all over the place :-) Cheers, Wol