[MlMt] Fwd: Moving from Apple Mail to Mailmate

[Antonio Leding]

Posting some follow-up of a PM discussion concerning this same thread topic…


> Ahhh…ok…so Dovecot is on a server or other machine on your SOHO network.  I thought you had this on your laptop or similar.  My primary machine is a Mac Pro so while I could run Dovecot there, I’d rather not have my primary also be my centralized IMAP server.  But I could spin-up up another CentOS VM on my ESX server…definitely worth considering…
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> If you have any container solutions (eg Docker) available, then that would work just as well (you don't need a full OS). But yeah, just run up a dovecot install somewhere with enough storage for all your "local" mail. Don't forget some sort of backup as well; I rclone that dovecot storage to a B2 bucket.
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> If I was setting up today; I'd probably do it as a docker container on a different LAN server. But really, whatever is easiest; Dovecot needs very little config for this use-case. Just be aware of where the Maildir is stored (enough disk space, and backups).
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> So let me ask…what is this about a dedicated archive account?  How is that set-up?
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> I don't recall specifics, but was part of the dovecot config. Rather than doing any of the virtual email, or multi-mailbox auth (or whatever dovecot has), I created a single (in-config) mailbox, which I named 'archive'. I think the MailMate -> Dovecot article covers that part of the config.
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> Also, sounds like you much prefer MM over Mac Mail…correct assumption?
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> I never gave Apple Mail a chance; it always seemed like a toy MUA to me. I went from Eudora -> Mailsmith -> Mailmate (all forced migrations so I could remain current). The first two were about a decade each; time will tell how long MailMate remains current and viable. ;-)
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> Summary, I created a single mailbox in dovecot; and created account in MailMate and phone/tablet to point to that server/mailbox. (I think the connection username is just 'archive' - no domain portion, keep it really simple.)
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> -cng
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