On Thursday 3 October 2024 05:30:58 BST Dale wrote: > Wol wrote: > > 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 > > I think we tried this and I couldn't get it to work and gave up on it. > It's been a while back tho. From my understanding, it is supposed to be > simple but simple doesn't always mean I can do it. LOL Email providers > always changing things doesn't help either. > > Would this also work if I moved to Proton or something similar? > > Dale > > :-) :-)
Do you need to have a local email storage *in addition* to the desktop email client downloading and storing your messages, if you are going to pay for a service provider to do the same thing for you? If yes, then dovecot is a good option - there's a page on the wiki with configuration details.
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