Really old, but works well with Dovecot, doesn't cache a lot, and probably would work real well is:
mulberry http://www.mulberrymail.com Yes, it's dated, but still runs :) On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 9:58 AM, Steve Litt <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, 17 Nov 2016 14:11:45 +0100 > Jochen Bern <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 11/17/2016 08:48 AM, Steve Litt wrote: > > > When I use an email client, its purpose is as a window into my > > > Dovecot IMAP, and as a mechanism to reply to and send emails. I > > > don't do filtering or calendaring on my email client (filtering via > > > procmail direct to Dovecot). > > > > > > What email clients are all of you using to look at your IMAP > > > email? > > > > Plaintext or HTML mails? > > I like the ability to see some sort of representation of the links in > incoming HTML email. I would never send HTML email. > > > OpenPGP? > > I don't use that today, but probably will in the future. > > > > S/MIME? > > Not necessary. > > > Do you like to see your > > e-mails arranged into threads, or just sorted by some property (be > > that sender, date, or whatever)? > > I could live without the ability to thread. It seems to not work right, > probably because of various senders' misuse. When I want to look at a > thread, I usually just sort on subject. > > > What's your archiving system, many > > or few folders, flat or hierarchical? > > Archiving is achieved in my Dovecot Maildir tree. For fast moving > folders like INBOX and my local LUG (GoLUG), every year I move this > year's messages to, for instance, OLDFOLDERS->GoLUG->2015. I have > somewhere between 75 and 200 folders, and tend to go about 4 levels deep > in the hierarchy, although most of my most active folders are 1 level > down from the account itself. For backup, I use rsync to a backup > server, and back up the whole Dovecot tree. > > > Do you work remote, > > Sometimes. Through a pinhole in my firewall, via dynamic dns. > > > how good's > > the connection to the IMAP server, > > Varies. > > > do you need the capability to work > > on a local cache while the server cannot be reached ("detached IMAP", > > I've seen it called)? > > No. If I can't do email at a particular time, I'll go somewhere else > where I can. > > > > > I switched from tkRat (a.k.a. ratatosk) to Thunderbird when I had a > > need to do "detached IMAP" (and tkRat repeatedly trashed my entire > > INBOX when I tried). > > Did the corruption happen when you messed with it to try to work > offline, or do you mean that usage during failure to connect caused > corruption? Did it corrupt the IMAP you were trying to connect to, or > just a cache? > > > tkRat had interesting features (preselected > > primary archive folder per folder you're reading, "folders" that > > actually are views of a local database, minimalistic enough to bridge > > the distance with X11 instead of IMAP), but hasn't seen further > > development in ages. > > > > With Thunderbird, > > Here's why I can't use Thunderbird: > > [slitt@mydesk Maildir]$ find ~/mail/Maildir | wc -l > 625262 > [slitt@mydesk Maildir]$ find ~/mail/Maildir -type d | wc -l > 1241 > [slitt@mydesk Maildir]$ > > I have over 620K emails in over 1000 folders. This turns Thunderbird > into an all day affair, just to refresh its caches. > > Thanks, > > SteveT > > Steve Litt > November 2016 featured book: Quit Joblessness: Start Your Own Business > http://www.troubleshooters.com/startbiz > -- Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler Phone: +1 214-642-9640 (c) E-Mail: [email protected] US Mail: 17716 Limpia Crk, Round Rock, TX 78664-7281
