Re: MUA CLI IMAP and SMTP without ncurses interface
On 1/6/2020 4:26 PM, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> Quoting john doe (2020-01-06 15:55:12)
>> On 1/6/2020 8:14 AM, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
>>> I appreciate this thread - for me Steve's lumail was new info worth
>>> a closer look!
>>>
>>> I currently use "afew" - a notmuch frontend ising Urwid to draw.
>>>
>>> On my laptops I use interimap - a more efficient alternative to
>>> offlineimap (only available in unstable and testing currently).
>>>
>>> As MTA I use msmtp on laptops, and postfix, dovecot-imap,
>>> dovecot-sieve and spamassassin on reliably connected hosts.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Quick questions, if I may:
>> - Why would one need postfix if you can use msmtp and msmtp-mta (or
>> are they simply alternative)
>
> As others have mentioned as well, msmtp and other lightweight MTAs are
> less reliable than postfix (and, some will argue, exim as well).
>
> Only on systems which I use interactively do I dare use a lightweight
> MTA: At those systems I accept the risk that when firing off the email
> it may fail and I may then *LOOSE* the email (if the MUA used at the
> time did not happen to preserve a copy that I can simply resend).
>
>
>> - Why would one need dovecot-imap if you can use interimap/oflineimap
>
> interimap syncronizes between imap accounts - it does not store on its
> own. That's different from offlineimap and similar which syncronizes
> between imap and a local Maildir storage.
>
What about dovecot-imap, when/where should I use it (with interimap)?
--
John Doe
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