On 02/10/2024 19:47, Dale wrote:
Well, I'm not really wanting to do my own email server. In a way, I'd
like to have it so that everything is fetched, stored on my system and
then I can use any email software I want, Seamonkey, Thunderbird, Mutt,
Kmail or whatever, without losing a single email. Thing is, even that
sounds like more than I care to chew on. If someone would share
configs, editing private info of course, and I could just drop those in
and edit with my private info, I might consider it. Thing is, I'm
nervous about doing even that. Be my luck, I'd screw up something and
delete every email I've ever got. :/ It would be nice tho to have a
program fetch my emails and then I can switch email software anytime
without losing anything at all.
This is my setup.
I think I've talked about this before, but just emerge and set up dovecot.
Make sure you set everything up in the local config file - look at the
global file that comes with dovecot, and at the end you'll see a pointer
to a non-existent local file. Set that up, and then make sure your email
client can see it. Move a couple of emails across and make sure they're
safe in dovecot.
Then you just set up a rule on your internet provider's inbox, that
moves emails across to dovecot, and everything is local on your system.
Obviously, they'll stay on the internet provider's setup until they
expire, but they're on your system, they can be backed up, and they'll
not be on the internet to be mined or broken into or whatever for long.
Cheers,
Wol
