Re: [gentoo-user] Looking for other Seamonkey users

[Dan Egli]

Okay, how this one got posted, I have no idea. Sorry about the dupe. I 
didn't hit SEND except on the second one, so I guess thunderbird goofed up.

On 4/7/2021 2:11 AM, Dan Egli wrote:
> On 4/6/2021 10:41 PM, Dale wrote:
>> I've done some research.  It seems Dovecot is what I need.  It uses mbox
>> and has some features I might need one day already where Courier doesn't
>> but there isn't much difference really.  If anyone is curious, the
>> comparison is here.
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_mail_servers
>>
>> The biggest thing, mbox.  If I recall correctly that is what Seamonkey
>> uses and I should be able to import those easy enough.  It at least
>> gives me a head start.  Since this is a whole new deal, going to start a
>> new thread if nobody pops up and says nooooooo to Dovecot.  I found a
>> guide here:
>>
> Seamonkey is a web browser. Therefore, mbox vs maildir is meaningless
> to it. All it knows it it talks to the imap server and the imap server
> replies and sends a message.
>
> Having said that, AVOID mbox like the plague! It is only a matter of
> time before mbox mail files get corrupted. Maildir is INFINITELY
> safer. And in the event of corruption in maildir, you loose ONLY the
> corrupted messages. Corrupt your mbox file and you're likely to loose
> the whole folder!
>
> As far as moving from one to another, both mbox and maildir are
> standards. So if imap server X and Y both use Maildir, then swapping
> between them is easy, and POINTLESS, due to the fact that i
>
>> http://www.wikigentoo.ksiezyc.pl/Dovecot.htm
>>
>> So far, it is Gentoo based.  I found another one but it is Ubuntu
>> based.  May work but commands are different.  Trying to go by a Gentoo
>> based one.  If anyone has a better one, please share links.
>>
>> May start new thread in a day or so if no one shouts nooooo.
> Consider this the shout. I can't stop you from using mbox, but I can
> shout at the top of my lungs that it's a BAD IDEA.