Hi, On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:16:53 +0200 Alan McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I use a setup like this - kmail connecting to dovecot @ localhost. > > I pop my mail off the various mail servers I use with > net-mail/getmail, the docs are quite clear. Performance is slower > than local mailboxes especially if you have lots of mail, and if you > need to move 30,000 lkml mails form over her to over there, then it's > gonna take a while :-) +1 for getmail/fetchmail. The most important point for me is that no mail is lost when my local machine goes down, a case in which forwarding would have its difficulties and can be basically controlled only by the company you have your "usual" mailbox at. Also, it's pretty easy to integrate spamassassin & co into the getmail/fetchmail pipe. -hwh -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
