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Wols Lists wrote: |
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> On 06/04/21 05:19, Dale wrote: |
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>> Another question, can I just copy my current emails over and "import" |
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>> them? I think Seamonkey uses mbox type setup. I know I could with |
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>> Thunderbird but it was a bit fussy. It did work tho. It also made it |
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>> easier to switch back. |
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> Consider setting up a local imap server. Do all email clients do imap |
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> nowadays? |
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> I use thunderbird, and since fetchmail broke, I just use rules to pull |
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> everything down from the net, sort it, and copy it to local folders on |
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> my imap server. |
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> You could then use mutt, or neomutt, or pine, or alpine, or whatever, to |
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> read (most of) your mail. And any html garbage they couldn't handle, you |
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> could use thunderbird or seamonkey or whatever. |
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> No need to move mail between different clients. And as for moving your |
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> current stuff over, you just move it from Seamonkey's local store to the |
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> imap server and it'll appear for all the other clients. |
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> Because I move around between home computers, having my mail like this |
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> exposed on an imap server is brilliant ... |
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> Cheers, |
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> Wol |
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If I understand this correctly, that could be a good idea. I use gmail, |
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want to switch so bad I can taste it, and pop access to download all |
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emails to my hard drive. I do that because if I run into trouble with |
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my network, I have emails just in case I can find a mailing list post |
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that will help. IMAP requires the internet from my understanding. From |
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my understanding of your idea, I'd use a email program to download and |
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store the emails for me here on my system and then use any frontend, |
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Seamonkey, Thunderbird or whatever to read, reply etc. It would still |
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give me a local copy I can access without a network connection but I can |
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use whatever tool I want to see them. Interesting. That sounds like a |
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awesome idea. Once moved, I'd never have to move it again if I change |
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what I use to view emails. |
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One thing, among others, I like about Seamonkey, folders and automatic |
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sorting. For example, your reply went to a folder where all Gentoo user |
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mailing list emails go. It also shows them by thread. I like the |
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thread option for mailing lists but can disable it in other folders |
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where threads don't do well. I repeat that for other mailing lists, |
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-dev for example, but also for my bank, online retailers like ebay or |
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Amazon etc. Each has their own place to go. One reason I do that, my |
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filters are set up in such a way that if a email is made to look like |
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one of those but comes from somewhere else, a scam or phishing, it |
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doesn't filter. It stays in the inbox and that tells me to be |
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suspicious. If I were to use IMAP, could I still do that? Does IMAP |
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use folders and filters? I admit, I don't think I've ever used IMAP. |
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This sounds like a interesting idea. I've read where people on this |
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list set up such a thing and it doesn't seem to complicated. I might |
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could handle that with a good howto. |
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Thanks much for thinking outside the box a bit here. This could give me |
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lots of good options. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |