On Mon, 23 Nov 2020 09:50:34 -0600 John Hasler <jhas...@newsguy.com> wrote:
>> I use Fetchmail to fetch my mail every five minutes from Newsguy. >> This means that my mail is never on anyone else's server for more >> than a few minutes. Fetchmail hands it off to Exim which passes it >> through Mailagent and Spamassassin and then delivers it to my >> inbox. Outgoing mail is delivered to Newsguy by Exim running in >> smarthost mode (one of the menu choices when installing Exim). Mail >> to my domains is forwarded to Newsguy. I get most of the benefits >> of running my own email server without having to administer an >> Internet-facing server. I have full control of filtering and >> sorting, can use any MUA, and needn't have a connection up to read >> or send mail. Messages I compose while the link is down go out when >> it comes up. All my saved mail is right here on my machine where I >> can look through it at will but no one else can. -- >> John Hasler >> jhas...@newsguy.com >> Elmwood, WI USA >> Thanks John. For what it is worth, this has just arrived on my laptop; I saw it on my phone about 4 hours ago, and have been eagerly awaiting it. You might have recognised my reference to it about an hour ago. But re-reading it, I see I over stated the number of processes you use. Having used gmail & imap for 15 years, I figure I am way past trying to prevent prying eyes. I have also 'mislaid' my mail here so often, that I rely on the server much more than I should. I know that is BAD, and we lost several weeks of mail off gmail earlier this year, but.... I'll give it a go though, as it sounds like reinstating backed up mail is easier for when I do loose something. Will I get to leaving nothing out there? Can you point me to a simple how-to, please. As I said to another response, a good URI is an excellent answer. Next, what is the most efficient way to search 20,000 plus files for a string of text, especially when the string may omit an adjective? Thanks again, From the other side of the Pacific. Now where has your reply been hiding? -- Keith Bainbridge keith.bainbridge.3...@gmx.com ke1thozgro...@gmx.com