nmail is another alternative and it stores individual messages in individual files in a user's home directory. Very helpful when malware strikes since if e-mail was the vector or was later contaminated only the messages with the malware in them get quarrantined. With mbox, your entire mail spool could be quarrantined and if you haven't read most of that mail you could end up loosing all of it.
On Sun, 18 Nov 2018, Glenn English wrote: > Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2018 15:27:55 > From: Glenn English <ghe2...@gmail.com> > To: debianUsers <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > Subject: Re: fetchmail > Resent-Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2018 20:28:53 +0000 (UTC) > Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Thanks much, all. > > Dovecot's config was bent. Working version recovered from backup. Not > at all sure what was wrong. > > Dovecot, IMHO, is a mixed blessing... > > But I'm going to look into getmail and isync. I didn't know they > existed. Mutt rules, I think. > > --
