On 31 May 2023, at 2:24, Pierre Igot wrote:
> I wouldn’t describe it as “low effort” for Mac users who are not that
> comfortable with Unix stuff.
Agreed, comfort with the Unix underpinnings is likely needed. I was describing
it as ‘low effort’ in the context of Randy saying, ‘i use dovecot on
Hi,
Thanks for confirming this for me. I could probably learn to become more
comfortable with Unix stuff, but it has to be worth the investment in time. I
really like the *idea* of a local IMAP setup, but I am afraid that, even if I
somehow got this working properly, it would easily break down
Pierre Igot 2023-05-31 3:24 wrote:
> The instructions apply to Dovecot 2.3.19, whereas Homebrew installed Dovecot
> 2.3.20, so I had to adapt the command to copy config files.
I just updated the post so it says "2.3.20".
> *2*
> The instructions say:
>
> File: /usr/local/etc/dovecot/local.conf
Pierre,
I just wanted to thank you for taking the time to document your
experience so thoroughly and concisely. With unix-ish tools,
instructions for setting up a system utility like an IMAP server often
require (seemingly minor) updates in a few places, but once they’re
set up and running,
Hi all,
I gave this a try today on my Mac running Monterey and I wouldn’t describe it
as “low effort” for Mac users who are not that comfortable with Unix stuff.
I believe I was able to successfully install Homebrew and then Dovecot, but:
*1*
The instructions apply to Dovecot 2.3.19, whereas
On 19 Apr 2023, at 20:47, Randy Bush wrote:
> i was hoping for something very simple to run on laptop for local-only use.
> it'll take effort to configure dovecot as a simple local imap-only server.
I’m quite late to this, so maybe not of use to you anymore… When I switched to
MailMate, I
ok, i am gonna try
https://github.com/simonrob/email-oauth2-proxy
in particular
https://github.com/simonrob/email-oauth2-proxy#oauth-20-client-credentials
anyone know how to extract the "existing client ID and secret" for
orfice365 from mailmate?
randy
Has anyone used [Citadel](https://www.citadel.org/)? It looks fairly
straightforward to install and configure.
Jon
On Wed, 19 Apr 2023 12:47:11 -0700 Randy Bush
wrote:
The canonical recommendation for an IMAP server is Dovecot,
i use dovecot on real servers. i was hoping for something
> All emails are already on your local disk, in ~/Library/Application
> Support/MailMate/Messages/IMAP/*. Copy those elsewhere if you need to,
> but if you use Time Machine you already have a lot of backups of them.
cool beans. is there a user friendly way to see them if the external
imap goes
> The canonical recommendation for an IMAP server is Dovecot,
i use dovecot on real servers. i was hoping for something very
simple to run on laptop for local-only use. it'll take effort
to configure dovecot as a simple local imap-only server. sigh.
randy
On 19 Apr 2023, at 12:06, Randy Bush wrote:
corporate IT may do something overly creative. just in case, i want
to
pull some years of email off the imap server onto local disk. there
are
tools for this, but can mailmate do it in a way i can still access the
mail while on local disk?
randy
And if you want a nice Mac front-end on Dovecot and are willing to shell
out $25 to Bernard, you can get MailServe. https://cutedgesystems.com
pr
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On 19 Apr 2023, at 13:41, Bill Cole wrote:
On
On 2023-04-19 at 13:13:25 UTC-0400 (Wed, 19 Apr 2023 10:13:25 -0700)
Randy Bush
is rumored to have said:
I duck duck went for “IMAP server for Mac” and got a useless list
of clients and how to use mail.app
The canonical recommendation for an IMAP server is Dovecot, but if you
have another
I duck duck went for “IMAP server for Mac” and got a useless list of clients
and how to use mail.app
randy
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corporate IT may do something overly creative. just in case, i want to
pull some years of email off the imap server onto local disk. there are
tools for this, but can mailmate do it in a way i can still access the
mail while on local disk?
randy
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