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List:       kdepim-users
Subject:    Re: [kdepim-users] importing old kmail emails
From:       Werner Joss <werner () hoernerfranzracing ! de>
Date:       2015-01-03 15:38:17
Message-ID: 318B18BE-107D-4BBF-BBA2-2AF4308D71DD () hoernerfranzracing ! de
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I wrote a howto some years ago mainly for my own reference: http://hoernerfranzracing.de/kde/spam.php
-this is surely a bit outdated but still mostly valid, imho.
also note that dovecot is easier to setup than courier imap.

Werner
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Am 2. Januar 2015 00:18:27 MEZ, schrieb Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com>:
>On Thursday 01 January 2015 10:27:45 Werner Joss did opine
>And Gene did reply:
>> Am Donnerstag, 1. Januar 2015, 10:14:25 schrieb Gene Heskett:
>> > So do I, although I would like to set up an imap server here that
>> > would be accessible from the rest of my home network.  Its a bit of
>> > a pain in my ancient arthritic back to have to come down the hill
>> > from the shop where my cnc machines are, just to send a message to
>> > the emc-users list, or to get a reply.  What would be the cats meow
>> > would be to make the imap sw (dovecot?) access and export via imap,
>> > the database kmail sets up, so it is then available to all 3 of the
>> > cnc machines.
>> 
>> just a note on that: I think your best choice is to deliver your
>mails
>> from your provider via fetchmail/procmail to a local imap server
>> (dovecot is ok, or courier...) and then access them from all your
>> clients via imap. centralized spam filtering is also an option here,
>> getting you rid of setting up every client for doing that.
>> 
>> Werner
>> 
>Truly what I had in mind, but the docs I have read do not admit that
>its 
>even possible.  Do you have a URL for a HowTo?
>
>Thanks.
>
>Cheers, Gene Heskett
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<html><head></head><body>I wrote a howto some years ago mainly for my own reference: \
<a href="http://hoernerfranzracing.de/kde/spam.php">http://hoernerfranzracing.de/kde/spam.php</a><br>

-this is surely a bit outdated but still mostly valid, imho.<br>
also note that dovecot is easier to setup than courier imap.<br>
<br>
Werner<br>
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Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my typos and top-posting \
:)<br> <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">Am 2. Januar 2015 00:18:27 MEZ, schrieb Gene \
Heskett &lt;gheskett@wdtv.com&gt;:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt \
0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> <pre \
class="k9mail">On Thursday 01 January 2015 10:27:45 Werner Joss did opine<br />And \
Gene did reply:<br /><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex \
0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;"> Am Donnerstag, 1. Januar \
2015, 10:14:25 schrieb Gene Heskett:<br /><blockquote class="gmail_quote" \
style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #ad7fa8; padding-left: \
1ex;"> So do I, although I would like to set up an imap server here that<br /> would \
be accessible from the rest of my home network.  Its a bit of<br /> a pain in my \
ancient arthritic back to have to come down the hill<br /> from the shop where my cnc \
machines are, just to send a message to<br /> the emc-users list, or to get a reply.  \
What would be the cats meow<br /> would be to make the imap sw (dovecot?) access and \
export via imap,<br /> the database kmail sets up, so it is then available to all 3 \
of the<br /> cnc machines.<br /></blockquote> <br /> just a note on that: I   think
your best choice is to deliver your mails<br /> from your provider via \
fetchmail/procmail to a local imap server<br /> (dovecot is ok, or courier...) and \
then access them from all your<br /> clients via imap. centralized spam filtering is \
also an option here,<br /> getting you rid of setting up every client for doing \
that.<br /> <br /> Werner<br /> <br /></blockquote>Truly what I had in mind, but the \
docs I have read do not admit that its <br />even possible.  Do you have a URL for a \
HowTo?<br /><br />Thanks.<br /><br />Cheers, Gene \
Heskett</pre></blockquote></div></body></html>

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