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

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On 06/04/2021 18:30, Dale wrote:
> Wols Lists wrote:
>> On 06/04/21 05:19, Dale wrote:
>>> Another question, can I just copy my current emails over and "import"
>>> them?  I think Seamonkey uses mbox type setup.  I know I could with
>>> Thunderbird but it was a bit fussy.  It did work tho. It also made it
>>> easier to switch back.
>> Consider setting up a local imap server. Do all email clients do imap
>> nowadays?
>>
>> I use thunderbird, and since fetchmail broke, I just use rules to pull
>> everything down from the net, sort it, and copy it to local folders on
>> my imap server.
>>
>> You could then use mutt, or neomutt, or pine, or alpine, or whatever, to
>> read (most of) your mail. And any html garbage they couldn't handle, you
>> could use thunderbird or seamonkey or whatever.
>>
>> No need to move mail between different clients. And as for moving your
>> current stuff over, you just move it from Seamonkey's local store to the
>> imap server and it'll appear for all the other clients.
>>
>> Because I move around between home computers, having my mail like this
>> exposed on an imap server is brilliant ...
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Wol
>>
>>
>
>
> If I understand this correctly, that could be a good idea.  I use gmail,
> want to switch so bad I can taste it, and pop access to download all
> emails to my hard drive.  I do that because if I run into trouble with
> my network, I have emails just in case I can find a mailing list post
> that will help.  IMAP requires the internet from my understanding.  From
> my understanding of your idea, I'd use a email program to download and
> store the emails for me here on my system and then use any frontend,
> Seamonkey, Thunderbird or whatever to read, reply etc.  It would still
> give me a local copy I can access without a network connection but I can
> use whatever tool I want to see them.  Interesting.  That sounds like a
> awesome idea.  Once moved, I'd never have to move it again if I change
> what I use to view emails.

All imap requires is an imap server. The ISPs run them, Google runs 
them, and why can't you run one?

I run Courier-imap, most people seem to swear by Dovecote. Just do a bit 
of reading up.
>
> One thing, among others, I like about Seamonkey, folders and automatic
> sorting.  For example, your reply went to a folder where all Gentoo user
> mailing list emails go.  It also shows them by thread.  I like the
> thread option for mailing lists but can disable it in other folders
> where threads don't do well.  I repeat that for other mailing lists,
> -dev for example, but also for my bank, online retailers like ebay or
> Amazon etc.  Each has their own place to go.  One reason I do that, my
> filters are set up in such a way that if a email is made to look like
> one of those but comes from somewhere else, a scam or phishing, it
> doesn't filter.  It stays in the inbox and that tells me to be
> suspicious.  If I were to use IMAP, could I still do that?  Does IMAP
> use folders and filters?  I admit, I don't think I've ever used IMAP.

Imap is quite happy with folders. Google let you create folders, IMAP 
lets you access them. No problem.
>
> This sounds like a interesting idea.  I've read where people on this
> list set up such a thing and it doesn't seem to complicated.  I might
> could handle that with a good howto.
>
> Thanks much for thinking outside the box a bit here.  This could give me
> lots of good options.
>
Read up on Courier and Dovecot. I'm sure people here will help you set 
it up. Once you've got it working, point Seamonkey at it and see if you 
can create folders.

Then just point your existing rules to move your emails into your imap 
folders. You can keep Gmail, but all your folders and emails will be 
stored locally.

And then, just like you can use any old client to access Gmail, you can 
use any old client to access your local imap server!

Cheers,
Wol