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[Discuss] Running a mail server, or not



On Thu, Jun 28, 2018 at 02:09:57PM -0500, Derek Martin wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 04:07:23PM +0000, Rich Braun wrote:
> > Derek Martin <invalid at pizzashack.org> raised a couple more interesting points:
> 
> The trick is usually access.  Like I have no way to SSH into my
> server at the moment...  Technically I can do it from my phone, but
> I've found trying to do anything non-trivial on the phone is extremely
> tedious and time consuming, so while it can be done, not in the amount
> of time that wouldn't be extremely awkward while you're dealing with a
> sales clerk or whatever...

So that's why you run dovecot on your server for IMAP access on
port 993, and K9mail or whatever on your phone.

mutt is multiple-simultaneous-access safe for a reason. This is
the reason.

-dsr-



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