Re: [gentoo-user] Anyone here use Proton email service?

[Wol <antlists@youngman.org.uk>]

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