On 29 May 2010 16:49, Nick Rout <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 3:24 PM, dave <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes I do too when i first started using it it was defaults all the way > just add > > smtp & pop server settings. > > But I've had a couple of crashes ( one being a case of deleting indexes > and > > recreating them, two another case of index corruption and most recently > this > > crashing). > > > > I've had kmail up and running (closing it myself at least twice) since > posting > > my call for help. > > > > fingers crossed that she's all good now. > > All this reminds me of why storing all your mail in a client specific > format on your desktop is a bad idea. > > Get an old machine, install postfix, fetchmail or getmail, procmail > and an imap server like dovecote. You can then use any client you like > and your mail will always be available on the server. > > Assuming that you do not require extreme privacy because the server is in the USofA, i.e CIAistan, I can recommend that you get a Googlemail account and set it up to be your IMAP server so you can use more or less whatever client program you like. Google recommends Thunderbird-3.0. For the whole nineteen yards go to http://mail.google.com/support/bin/topic.py?hl=en&topic=12913
This saves you all the hassle of administering your own server and you also save on the electricity bill by not running a server locally. And PLEASE don't set your reply-to when posting to the list! > Too TRUE!! -- Sincerely etc. Christopher Sawtell
