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Re: Why use an email client AND sendmail/popa3d - trying to NOT hijack

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On Mon, 23 Nov 2020 13:21:25 +1100
Keith Bainbridge <ke1thozgroups@gmx.com> wrote:

> Good afternon All
> 
> I was interested to read that Flo, the OP, uses separate mail
> collection, sendmail and thunderbird. Some of the replies sound like
> this is a common practice.
> 
> What are the advantages of this set of processes over letting tbird do
> it all? - or any other client for that matter?

As far as I know, TB isn't an MTA, it can send email only as a client
to an MTA somewhere else. So it's not doing it all.

A lot depends how you want to send and receive emails. If you're using
an external email service, you can get away with just an email client,
or even use webmail. If you're sending and receiving yourself, you'll
need an MTA and an email distribution method such as POP3 or IMAP, as
well as clients on any devices you have. If you're also collecting
email from an external service, you'll need an email collector such as
fetchmail or procmail, to keep all email centrally stored. 
> 
> Would it save me from my fairly regular 'can't find profile' errors?
> 
> Thanks

Don't know, I gave up TB for Claws-mail long ago, TB was just too
painfully slow.

> 
> PS  Am I wrong to avoid 'everyting in 1 file' where possible (mail dir
> rather than mbox in this case)? OK this is probably a whole separate
> topic.

As I've posted elsewhere, I have about 3GB of email. I would not
consider putting that in one file.

-- 
Joe

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Problem with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3 Flo <debianflo@gmx.at> - 2020-11-19 23:00 +0100
  Re: Problem with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3 Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2020-11-19 23:30 +0100
    Re: Problem with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3 Flo <debianflo@gmx.at> - 2020-11-21 01:50 +0100
  Re: Problem with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3 Ulf Volmer <u.volmer@u-v.de> - 2020-11-20 00:10 +0100
    Re: Problem with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3 Flo <debianflo@gmx.at> - 2020-11-21 01:50 +0100
      Re: Problem with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3 deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2020-11-21 09:00 +0100
        Re: Problem with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3 David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-11-21 22:40 +0100
          Re: Problem with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3 deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2020-11-22 01:10 +0100
            Re: Problem with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3 Flo <debianflo@gmx.at> - 2020-11-22 19:00 +0100
              Re: Problem with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3 deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2020-11-22 21:10 +0100
              Re: Problem with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3 Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2020-11-22 22:40 +0100
                Re: Problem with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3 Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2020-11-22 23:40 +0100
              Re: Problem with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3 David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-11-23 07:10 +0100
                Re: Problem with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3 Flo <debianflo@gmx.at> - 2020-11-23 10:30 +0100
                Re: Problem with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3 Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2020-11-23 11:30 +0100
                Re: Problem with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3 Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de> - 2020-11-23 12:20 +0100
                Re: Problem with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3 rhkramer@gmail.com - 2020-11-23 13:30 +0100
                Re: Problem with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3 Didar Hossain <didar@purlo.in> - 2020-11-23 14:40 +0100
                Re: Problem with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3 Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de> - 2020-11-23 15:40 +0100
                Re: Problem with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3 Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-11-23 16:40 +0100
                Re: Problem with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3 Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2020-11-23 19:30 +0100
                Re: Problem with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3 Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2020-11-24 18:40 +0100
                Re: Problem with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3 David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-11-25 16:40 +0100
                Re: Problem with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3 Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2020-11-25 19:20 +0100
                Re: Problem with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3 David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-11-26 05:00 +0100
                Re: Problem with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3 David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-11-24 20:50 +0100
                Re: Problem with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3 Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-11-24 21:10 +0100
  Re: Problem with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3 황병희 <soyeomul@doraji.xyz> - 2020-11-21 03:50 +0100
  Why use an email client AND sendmail/popa3d - trying to NOT hijack Keith Bainbridge <ke1thozgroups@gmx.com> - 2020-11-23 03:30 +0100
    Re: Why use an email client AND sendmail/popa3d - trying to NOT  hijack Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2020-11-23 11:50 +0100
      Re: Why use an email client AND sendmail/popa3d - trying to NOT hijack The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2020-11-23 12:20 +0100

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