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) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 15943159C9B for ; Sun, 4 Aug 2024 08:11:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 08C26E2B03; Sun, 4 Aug 2024 08:11:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.hosts.co.uk (smtp.hosts.co.uk [85.233.160.19]) (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 AEC5FE2AF5 for ; Sun, 4 Aug 2024 08:11:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from host86-157-72-169.range86-157.btcentralplus.com ([86.157.72.169] helo=[192.168.1.99]) by smtp.hosts.co.uk with esmtpa (Exim) (envelope-from ) id 1saWKj-000000000si-44nU for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 04 Aug 2024 09:11:18 +0100 Message-ID: <3fc895d3-344e-4126-bb6b-bbc6bb4f1884@youngman.org.uk> Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2024 09:11:16 +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] Web browser issues. Firefox and Seamonkey doesn't work, Chrome does. To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <63491dfb-23bc-55eb-9f04-ee0c9c01569f@gmail.com> <0ff56974-aa58-538b-a93f-3e1ec57792f8@gmail.com> <2225865.NgBsaNRSFp@rogueboard> Content-Language: en-GB From: Wols Lists In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Archives-Salt: 6112c4a3-9da4-4d42-a7e8-a05f8920310b X-Archives-Hash: f4e867c47e97f8cf6197a88b45920c0c On 03/08/2024 18:15, Dale wrote: > Well, what I'd like to do, install a email program that fetches the > emails and then stores them on my system.  Then I can have Thunderbird > or any other email program connect to that and view, create, send or > whatever emails.  Thing is, setting up the first program is > complicated.  It is a bit over my head.  From what I've read, it is > pretty picky too.  It has to be fairly perfect or things don't work. > I'd need a seriously good how to to even get started. It could turn into > another long thread like that goofy monitor.  :/ That's basically fetchmail. Although I gather that's now abandonware-ish. There is a successor iirc, but I stopped using it because it broke... If you can then get that into Dovecot ... My current setup is I have dovecot set up, then whenever I connect (with thunderbird) I have bulk rules that just move everything across from the internet into dovecot. Cheers, Wol