R. G. Newbury wrote:
> I like the way thunderbird works, otherwise.
> I need an e-mail client which keeps messages as single items (files)
> and which can rebuild its indexes of the messages in each folder
> without painful interventions, so that I can merely rsync the
> appropriate folder structure into one place for a full backup of all
> computers. (I have had these features for years using pmmail in OS/2
> but I have made the switch and will not go back..but I do miss some
> things.)
>
> Suggestions please.
How do you receive your e-mail?
One option which *would* work, but would be a bit of setting up, would
be to use fetchmail plus a mailserver (I'd recommend Postfix) plus
procmail to deliver your e-mails into a Maildir format folder (or series
of folders), then use Dovecot to make them available via the IMAP
protocol to any IMAP-compliant mail client you like (including
Thunderbird).
This also makes it very easy to switch between e-mail clients at a whim,
and to try out different ones.
And, of course, it means that you can access your e-mail from any of
your computers.
I've got this working fine for me.
James.
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