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)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2F99215808B for ; Wed, 2 Oct 2024 19:10:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 05438E29C0; Wed, 2 Oct 2024 19:10:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-out-auth3.hosts.co.uk (mail-out-auth3.hosts.co.uk [85.233.191.1]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B7282E29AB for ; Wed, 2 Oct 2024 19:10:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from host86-158-182-12.range86-158.btcentralplus.com ([86.158.182.12] helo=[192.168.1.65]) by smtp.hosts.co.uk with esmtpa (Exim) (envelope-from ) id 1sw4jo-0000000032i-4CDJ for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 02 Oct 2024 20:10:16 +0100 Message-ID: <2bb23e23-516f-4199-8a90-05676341cf52@youngman.org.uk> Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2024 20:10:15 +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 Thunderbird Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Anyone here use Proton email service? To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <6a1bf73e-d7ab-e9ea-20ea-e174190b300c@gmail.com> <098149b9-717e-d72e-aa14-308cf161f3db@gmail.com> <3652355.R56niFO833@rogueboard> Content-Language: en-GB From: Wol In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Archives-Salt: 7452d4ef-4f1a-4ad2-b4a9-afcbbaea30e6 X-Archives-Hash: 61faa6482a9dae683883bab03dab82e8 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