On Fri, Nov 24, 2017 at 11:16 AM, Ralph Seichter <m16+gen...@monksofcool.net> wrote: > On 24.11.17 16:39, Peter Humphrey wrote: > >> I'm trying an evasion, which is to use fetchmail to retrieve emails >> from my ISP and deliver them to postfix, which can then serve them >> via IMAP. > > Postfix is an MTA and does neither store email nor lets you access email > via IMAP. There must be an IMAP server in your mix somewhere (e.g. > Dovecot or Courier). >
While Postfix certainly won't serve up email via IMAP it definitely does store email. You are correct that you'd run a separate IMAP server. They need not be on the same host assuming they can both get at the maildirs. -- Rich
