than the mail server. qpopperd+fetchmail delivered a light-weight ability to realize that service. It's a pity that I must implement the big jack-hammer Dovecot in my infrastructure for that small nail. +1
Its a pity that Damon had to implement the 'jack hammer' of qpopper and get frightened by Dovecot when Thunderbird could do all he needed. (possibly with a few CLI extras to set up directories properly). What it boils down to is telling Thunderbird where to read the mail from. Edit => Account settings => Account Actions You can set up BOTH local (file) and remote (network) accounts there. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO NEED TO SET UP A QPOPPER OR DOVECOT ACCOUNT TO READ THE SYSTEM MAIL. If mailx can do it then Thunderbird can do it. <grouch> Sorry but I never take "I don't know X" as valid excuse when all one has to do is a tree-walk though the on-screen menu. like it says on shoes and shirt, "just Do It". </grounch> -- /"\ \ / ASCII Ribbon Campaign X Against HTML Mail / \ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org