Re: Using Thunderbird as local mail reader

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On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 01:25:16PM -0500, Les Mikesell wrote:
> fred smith wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> The nicest approach is to have an imap server that you can access from all 
> potential clients.  If you are stuck with a server that doesn't do imap you can 
> set up fetchmail to pick it up and move it to a server that you control.  This 
> is particularly handy if you have a phone that does email or you have multiple 
> machines where you might want to read or download attachments.

Yeah. but,...

this is my own personal workstation, I have my own domain that uses the mail
server on my own workstation. the only other person who gets mail on it is my
wife, who uses a pop client from windows to read her mail.

So, yes, I could use tbird to access it via the pop/imap server, but I'd just
as soon not. 

Guess I'll go dig out the centos rpm for balsa and install it again.

Thanks for the ideas, though.

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