From: Jon Fineman <jon@fineman.me>
To: Dr Rainer Woitok <rainer.woitok@gmail.com>
Cc: Help-Gnu-Emacs@Gnu.Org
Subject: Re: Is anybody using "NotMuch" as an email client?
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2024 05:45:07 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87sewfx7to.fsf@ryzen.jonjfineman.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6690f627.050a0220.125f4.51f3@mx.google.com>
Dr Rainer Woitok <rainer.woitok@gmail.com> writes:
> Jon,
>
> On Thu, 11 Jul 2024 09:35:50 -0400 you wrote:
>
>> I use it.
>
> Thanks for sharing your thoughts and experience :-)
>
>> ...
>> I like their use of the Maildir format for storing emails. One file
>> per email.
>
> While I agree in theory that the "MailDir" format is superior, this pro-
> bably would become the main show-stopper: I have zillions of "mbox" type
> mail folders spread all over my home directory which I'd have to con-
> vert. Well, I think a simple "gawk" script could do the trick, but this
> would have to be done in addition to the migration proper. By the way,
> how does "NotMuch" choose the file names?
>
I found this explanation of Maildir. My understanding is some clients
follow this more closely than others. If I remember correctly I have
seen some tools to convert Mbox to Maildir and the other way.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maildir>
>> But you need offlineimap or mbsync to sync email up and
>> down.
>
> Is "POP3" supported? Decades ago I opted for "POP3" because "IMAP" (at
> least then) was unable to do things the way I wanted them done. I'm not
> even sure I could still find the reasons for this decision in my notes
> or documentation ... :-/
Actually from what I see both offlineimap and mbsync do not support
pop.
>
> Sincerely,
> Rainer
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-07-12 9:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-07-11 12:33 Is anybody using "NotMuch" as an email client? Dr Rainer Woitok
2024-07-11 13:35 ` Jon Fineman
2024-07-11 13:44 ` Joel Reicher
2024-07-12 9:23 ` Dr Rainer Woitok
2024-07-12 9:45 ` Jon Fineman [this message]
2024-07-12 10:08 ` Teemu Likonen
2024-07-12 18:08 ` Teemu Likonen
2024-07-13 23:46 ` Björn Bidar
2024-07-14 9:52 ` Andreas Eder
2024-07-14 17:25 ` Björn Bidar
2024-07-15 9:13 ` Is anybody using "NotMuch" as an email client?, " James Thomas
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