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
