Re: Problem with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3
On Mon, 23 Nov 2020 17:38:19 +0200
Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Lu, 23 nov 20, 07:24:37, rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:
> > On Monday, November 23, 2020 06:15:09 AM Sven Hartge wrote:
> > > Joe <joe@jretrading.com> wrote:
> > > > That's why we have IMAP, which doesn't use mbox.
> > >
> > > The IMAP protocal and the backend storage have no connection.
> >
> > Well, they do in a way -- if you use IMAP from your ISP for example, you don't
> > need local storage on your email device (not any of mbox, maildir, or
> > whatever).
> >
> > (I don't use IMAP (I use POP3), but I assume that if I were using IMAP as
> > described, I could save emails on my local device, but I'm not clear on that
> > mechanism / storage method.)
>
> It depends on the software used to retrieve the e-mails (via IMAP), e.g.
> as far as I recall getmail can be configured to use either mbox or
> Maildir as local storage.
Correct:
http://pyropus.ca/software/getmail/configuration.html#running-mda
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