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 TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 409E01382C5 for ; Wed, 7 Apr 2021 08:16:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6272BE09FB; Wed, 7 Apr 2021 08:16:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from eglifamily.name (jupiter.newideatest.site [209.141.58.25]) (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 0236BE0997 for ; Wed, 7 Apr 2021 08:16:12 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=newideatest.site; s=key1; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type: In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Date:Message-ID:References:To:From:Subject:Sender: Reply-To:Cc:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From: Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help: List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=Sxnpe67k82ajrbqWQ9X9V1gfkHu5LintTrAstukLWQI=; b=xJ/ZfdnJN5kZ5o97jArzK6Owe+ MfdIKxcYXSFNpsisF+G+8fh0AAakK4APpH0k+1vrcILzI0f7RhUqPfaZKfokicxWzl9u9ebH42EKM LhB3SRsALPnWEJUHQAxet3QQIzPDaz3rlgegPWy4iq9BV8ut3HmQrzks2LknXc/wocCU=; Received: from mobile-166-170-46-149.mycingular.net ([166.170.46.149] helo=[172.20.10.2]) by eglifamily.name with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.93.0.4) (envelope-from ) id 1lU3MA-0000Gi-PA; Wed, 07 Apr 2021 02:16:10 -0600 Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Looking for other Seamonkey users From: Dan Egli To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org, Dale References: <2c5ea74d-d104-67d1-cfc2-5336b26a8f00@gmail.com> <606C8B2B.9050809@youngman.org.uk> <1f8b27a7-68cc-4286-4fb6-ed2688d7825f@gmail.com> <4773d3e7-581a-b1dd-ba7c-dfd8a25ab1d0@youngman.org.uk> <75574ff9-fc62-6eae-c77b-e14572e83e75@gmail.com> Message-ID: Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2021 02:15:16 -0600 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.9.0 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 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Language: en-US X-Scanned-By: unscanned primary on eglifamily.name (209.141.58.25); Wed, 07 Apr 2021 02:16:10 -0600 X-Archives-Salt: b3a2c9d6-cf20-4d64-a339-7d953fd2e2a6 X-Archives-Hash: 22afe5ec63d50f50bae5c4d7edccb382 Okay, how this one got posted, I have no idea. Sorry about the dupe. I didn't hit SEND except on the second one, so I guess thunderbird goofed up. On 4/7/2021 2:11 AM, Dan Egli wrote: > On 4/6/2021 10:41 PM, Dale wrote: >> I've done some research.  It seems Dovecot is what I need.  It uses mbox >> and has some features I might need one day already where Courier doesn't >> but there isn't much difference really.  If anyone is curious, the >> comparison is here. >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_mail_servers >> >> The biggest thing, mbox.  If I recall correctly that is what Seamonkey >> uses and I should be able to import those easy enough.  It at least >> gives me a head start.  Since this is a whole new deal, going to start a >> new thread if nobody pops up and says nooooooo to Dovecot.  I found a >> guide here: >> > Seamonkey is a web browser. Therefore, mbox vs maildir is meaningless > to it. All it knows it it talks to the imap server and the imap server > replies and sends a message. > > Having said that, AVOID mbox like the plague! It is only a matter of > time before mbox mail files get corrupted. Maildir is INFINITELY > safer. And in the event of corruption in maildir, you loose ONLY the > corrupted messages. Corrupt your mbox file and you're likely to loose > the whole folder! > > As far as moving from one to another, both mbox and maildir are > standards. So if imap server X and Y both use Maildir, then swapping > between them is easy, and POINTLESS, due to the fact that i > >> http://www.wikigentoo.ksiezyc.pl/Dovecot.htm >> >> So far, it is Gentoo based.  I found another one but it is Ubuntu >> based.  May work but commands are different.  Trying to go by a Gentoo >> based one.  If anyone has a better one, please share links. >> >> May start new thread in a day or so if no one shouts nooooo. > Consider this the shout. I can't stop you from using mbox, but I can > shout at the top of my lungs that it's a BAD IDEA.