Linda Walsh said the following on 08/26/2011 06:51 PM:
OR...if you want, you can just keep everything in imap& use 'fetchmail', to pull down your ISP mail, and put it in your 'inbox'... (or deliver it to a sort filter so it can put it into any of your imap folders)...
That's certainly a good idea. Its even worth having that on a separate machine, a mail server, along with Postfix and SpamAssassin. Many advantages, not the least of which, relevant to this thread, is that the mail repository is there, safe, and you can play with different installations, different mail readers on your primary machine. -- People who are willing to rely on the government to keep them safe are pretty much standing on Darwin's mat, pounding on the door, screaming, "Take me, take me!" -- Carl Jacobs -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org