[MlMt] [OT-ish] Local Dovecot - step-by-step instructions or plug-and-play .app/VM/container

[Sam Hathaway]

Hi all,

I find myself in possession of a bunch of MBOX files that I’d like to 
browse using MailMate, without having to upload them to one of my IMAP 
accounts. The recommendation for this seems to be to install Dovecot on 
my Mac and import them there.

I got about half an hour into tweaking config files and squinting at 
error messages and realized that this is not the best use of my time.

So, does anyone have step-by-step instructions for setting up Dovecot 
for this kind of use?

Or better yet, does anyone know of a plug-and-play .app/VM/container 
that runs a self-contained Dovecot?

Thanks in advance!
-sam