Re: Movemail not getting emails
Paul Cartwright put forth on 11/7/2010 11:23 AM:
> yes, I noticed that in that web site you mentioned before.. What i want
> to do is use my local IMAP account to bring in all my emails, and have
> all my filtered folders in that IMAP account. That way I can use a
> laptop to connect to my IMAP account, get all my emails via IMAP and
> have access to them on the laptop. This method I figured out while I was
> sitting home in a special boot for my foot, and the laptop was easier to
> use than hobbling to another room & getting to my desktop..
Hay Paul, do you not realize you can do all of what you want with Gmail?
It would be much much easier than your current convoluted attempts at a
consolidated email system.
You'd simply
1. Create a Gmail account (if you don't already have one)
2. Configure it to allow IMAP access
3. Configure your TBird etc clients to access it via IMAP
4. Configure it to POP all of your other email accounts at Yahoo etc
5. Create mail filters to sort the mail into the IMAP folders
It's literally that simple. You should be able to have it up and
running in under 10 minutes. Then you can ditch Postfix, Dovecot,
Movemail, etc from your Linux workstation. AND you have the added
benefit of accessing the account via any PC, via the web anywhere and
everywhere, and via your iPhone/smart phone if you have one.
You also get redundancy and data protection, which you don't currently
have. You aren't running multi-disk RAID on your Debian Dovecot box, so
if the single disk fails, there goes all your mail.
Given your requirements, Gmail is a perfect fit for you. Is there a
particular reason you're not already doing this with Gmail?
--
Stan
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