CentOS - Aug 2009 - Using Thunderbird as local mail reader

Hi!

I'm trying to figure out how to use Thunderbird as a local mail reader.

So far I don't see any way to configure it other than as a POP3 or IMAP mail
reader,
but I get my mail locally and would like to try using Tbird to read it.
What am I overlooking?

Thanks in advance!

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---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ------------------------
----
                    Do you not know? Have you not heard? 
    The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. 
  He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom.
----------------------------- Isaiah 40:28 (niv) -----------------------------

What do you mean locally?  Is your mailbox stored on the same system
you use daily or do you mean it is on a server on your subnet?

On 08/23/2009 12:58 PM, fred smith wrote:
> I'm trying to figure out how to use Thunderbird as a local mail reader.
Thunderbird will not look at maildir / Mail stores locally, you would 
need to install a server on your box like dovecot or cyrus-imapd in 
order to do that.

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fred smith wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I'm trying to figure out how to use Thunderbird as a local mail reader.
> 
> So far I don't see any way to configure it other than as a POP3 or IMAP
mail reader,
> but I get my mail locally and would like to try using Tbird to read it.
> What am I overlooking?
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 
Just use mailx on a text console like Russ !

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On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 11:10:57AM -0500, Johnny Hughes
wrote:
> fred smith wrote:
> > Hi!
> > 
> > I'm trying to figure out how to use Thunderbird as a local mail
reader.
> > 
> > So far I don't see any way to configure it other than as a POP3 or
IMAP mail reader,
> > but I get my mail locally and would like to try using Tbird to read
it.
> > What am I overlooking?
> > 
> > Thanks in advance!
> > 
> Just use mailx on a text console like Russ !
> 
I actually use mutt. but sometimes when someone sends me an html email with a
lot of
graphics attached it's convenient to use a client that can display it all,
directly.
I've been using balsa, but it isn't being packaged for RHEL/Centos
anymore, as far
as I can figure. 

I just built a new machine and installed 5.3, so I could use the same Balsa RPM
I
used on the previous machine (also centos 5.3), which was provided to me back
when
5.0 came out by another kind reader of this list--whose name I no longer
remember,
but I figured I'd see if some other mail reader that is supported on the
platform
would work instead.

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-- 
---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us
-----------------------------
                      The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, 
                    keeping watch on the wicked and the good.
----------------------------- Proverbs 15:3 (niv) -----------------------------

fred smith wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I'm trying to figure out how to use Thunderbird as a local mail reader.
> 
> So far I don't see any way to configure it other than as a POP3 or IMAP
mail reader,
> but I get my mail locally and would like to try using Tbird to read it.
> What am I overlooking?
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 
Hi

Have you tried "fetchmail"?

Regards

mg.

2009/8/23 fred smith <fredex at
fcshome.stoneham.ma.us>:
> Hi!
>
> I'm trying to figure out how to use Thunderbird as a local mail reader.
>
> So far I don't see any way to configure it other than as a POP3 or IMAP
mail reader,
> but I get my mail locally and would like to try using Tbird to read it.
> What am I overlooking?
Several years ago it was possible to use directly the mailbox spool file.
As I remember the mail account type was "Movemail".

Google for thunderbird + Movemail

Search got several pages like:

http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.support.thunderbird/browse_thread/thread/2f79a51703e414ec?pli=1

perhaps it is still possible
Best regards

--- On Sun, 8/23/09, Lucian @ lastdot.org <lucian at lastdot.org>
wrote:
>
> If you liked Balsa, maybe you will like Sylpheed as well:
> rpm -ivh http://odiecolon.lastdot.org/el5/i386/sylpheed-2.7.1-1.i386.rpm

Sylpheed might need a few other dependencies, which are however 
offered by the same odiecolon.lastdot.org: gpgme, compface...

R-C




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