On 4/6/2021 10:41 PM, Dale wrote:
I've done some research. It seems Dovecot is what I need. It uses mbox
and has some features I might need one day already where Courier doesn't
but there isn't much difference really. If anyone is curious, the
comparison is here.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_mail_servers
The biggest thing, mbox. If I recall correctly that is what Seamonkey
uses and I should be able to import those easy enough. It at least
gives me a head start. Since this is a whole new deal, going to start a
new thread if nobody pops up and says nooooooo to Dovecot. I found a
guide here:
Seamonkey is a web browser. Therefore, mbox vs maildir is meaningless to
it. All it knows it it talks to the imap server and the imap server
replies and sends a message.
Having said that, AVOID mbox like the plague! It is only a matter of
time before mbox mail files get corrupted. Maildir is INFINITELY safer.
And in the event of corruption in maildir, you loose ONLY the corrupted
messages. Corrupt your mbox file and you're likely to loose the whole
folder!
As far as moving from one to another, both mbox and maildir are
standards. So if imap server X and Y both use Maildir, then swapping
between them is easy, and POINTLESS, due to the fact that imap maintains
the files on your server. So, if you move to a different mail CLIENT
(thunderbird for example) then the new client only needs to take the
time to re-download the messages from the server. It's the same way
webmail and a client can work together. Neither is doing the actual work
with the files. Each is only sending commands to a separate server
program to work with the files.
http://www.wikigentoo.ksiezyc.pl/Dovecot.htm
So far, it is Gentoo based. I found another one but it is Ubuntu
based. May work but commands are different. Trying to go by a Gentoo
based one. If anyone has a better one, please share links.
May start new thread in a day or so if no one shouts nooooo.
Consider this the shout. I can't stop you from using mbox, but I can
shout at the top of my lungs that it's a BAD IDEA. And I can say over
and over that changing your imap SERVER will have ZERO impact on what
Seamonkey does. The only exception would be if you have a mail server
(original or new) that doesn't fully follow the imap protocol. And in
that case, who knows what the change will do.
