Bob C.
On 06/01/2022 03:26, Charles Curley wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Jan 2022 09:44:24 -0500
>
>> Can anyone recommend another MUA which uses mbox format and is
>> relatively easy to configure?
>
> Claws-mail and mutt for two.
>
> Or, if you want to stick with your investment in Thunderbird, use
> dovecot to set up a local imap server.
This issue hit me this morning too. With a huge decades-long investment in TB.
Much websearching later, discovered that setting up dovecot as a local imap server is nowhere as complicated as it looks [1].
Just install dovecot-imapd + dependencies
It's configured by default to do exactly what's needed here (serve /var/mail<username>).
Then set up a new imap account on Thunderbird:
name and email address <username>@<hostname>
Server Type: IMAP Mail Server
Server Name: localhost, Port: 143
User Name: <username>
Connection security: None
Authentication method: Password, transmitted insecurely
It seems to be working now. Just have to wait to see if it fetches new messages as they arrive...
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John