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 ------------------------
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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. -- Karanbir Singh : http://www.karan.org/ : 2522219 at icq
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 ! -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 251 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20090823/b737b667/attachment-0003.sig>
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.> _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-- ---- 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
Radu-Cristian FOTESCU
2009-Aug-24 10:25 UTC
[CentOS] Using Thunderbird as local mail reader
--- 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.rpmSylpheed might need a few other dependencies, which are however offered by the same odiecolon.lastdot.org: gpgme, compface... R-C __________________________________________________________________ Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! http://www.flickr.com/gift/