John, thanks for this. Seems to work here as well Bob C.
On Fri, Jan 7, 2022, at 22:37, John Crawley wrote: > On 06/01/2022 03:26, Charles Curley wrote: > > On Wed, 5 Jan 2022 09:44:24 -0500 > > "Paul M. Foster" <pa...@quillandmouse.com> wrote: > > > >> Can anyone recommend another MUA which uses mbox format and is > >> relatively easy to configure? > > > > Claws-mail and mutt for two. > > > > Or, if you want to stick with your investment in Thunderbird, use > > dovecot to set up a local imap server. > > This issue hit me this morning too. With a huge decades-long investment in TB. > Much websearching later, discovered that setting up dovecot as a local imap > server is nowhere as complicated as it looks [1]. > > Just install dovecot-imapd + dependencies > It's configured by default to do exactly what's needed here (serve > /var/mail<username>). > > Then set up a new imap account on Thunderbird: > > name and email address <username>@<hostname> > > Server Type: IMAP Mail Server > Server Name: localhost, Port: 143 > User Name: <username> > Connection security: None > Authentication method: Password, transmitted insecurely > > It seems to be working now. Just have to wait to see if it fetches new > messages as they arrive... > > [1] > https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?p=2089364&sid=3a7ead4db70a4207632405a9aa06dc59#p2089364 > > -- > John > >
