Posting some follow-up of a PM discussion concerning this same thread topic…
> Ahhh…ok…so Dovecot is on a server or other machine on your SOHO network. I > thought you had this on your laptop or similar. My primary machine is a Mac > Pro so while I could run Dovecot there, I’d rather not have my primary also > be my centralized IMAP server. But I could spin-up up another CentOS VM on > my ESX server…definitely worth considering… > > If you have any container solutions (eg Docker) available, then that would > work just as well (you don't need a full OS). But yeah, just run up a dovecot > install somewhere with enough storage for all your "local" mail. Don't forget > some sort of backup as well; I rclone that dovecot storage to a B2 bucket. > > If I was setting up today; I'd probably do it as a docker container on a > different LAN server. But really, whatever is easiest; Dovecot needs very > little config for this use-case. Just be aware of where the Maildir is stored > (enough disk space, and backups). > > So let me ask…what is this about a dedicated archive account? How is that > set-up? > > I don't recall specifics, but was part of the dovecot config. Rather than > doing any of the virtual email, or multi-mailbox auth (or whatever dovecot > has), I created a single (in-config) mailbox, which I named 'archive'. I > think the MailMate -> Dovecot article covers that part of the config. > > Also, sounds like you much prefer MM over Mac Mail…correct assumption? > > I never gave Apple Mail a chance; it always seemed like a toy MUA to me. I > went from Eudora -> Mailsmith -> Mailmate (all forced migrations so I could > remain current). The first two were about a decade each; time will tell how > long MailMate remains current and viable. ;-) > > Summary, I created a single mailbox in dovecot; and created account in > MailMate and phone/tablet to point to that server/mailbox. (I think the > connection username is just 'archive' - no domain portion, keep it really > simple.) > > -cng >
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