Date: Tue, 08 Dec 2015 16:36:11 -0500 From: "Michael B. Eichorn" <ike@michaeleichorn.com> To: "Dr. Nikolaus Klepp" <dr.klepp@gmx.at>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Migrating to FreeBSD from Debian Message-ID: <1449610571.6801.47.camel@michaeleichorn.com> In-Reply-To: <201512082200.21230.dr.klepp@gmx.at> References: <CAO-kBwffucnPVphm_ajbtAejjFiAv_Cp%2Bv7jZ-xCTX7YTqk36w@mail.gmail.com> <201512081943.35997.dr.klepp@gmx.at> <20151208200619.GA2050@archlinux> <201512082200.21230.dr.klepp@gmx.at>
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On Tue, 2015-12-08 at 22:00 +0100, Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: > Am Dienstag, 8. Dezember 2015 schrieb Dutch Ingraham: > > > I'm looking for a maildir capable GUI mailclient for FreeBSD. My > > transition from Debian to FreeBSD is stuck in the middle for a year > > as I > > still have to use Devuan+TDE for my office work, not at least > > because of > > kmail. I know, KDE comes with a kind of kmail, but that does not > > fit the > > bill (akonadi + nepomik ... *shudder*). > > > > > > Nik > > > > Doesn't Thunderbird fit the bill? [1] > > > > [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maildir > > > > > Sorry to say, no. Thundebirds maildir relies on index files. If e.g. > fetchmail + procmail place mails in Mail/inbox/cur, these mails will > not show up in Thunderbird till the index is rebuilt. > > Nik > > Procmail is no longer being maintained (The last release was 2001-09). As it is causing you problems, I would recommend trying to swap it out. There are other MDAs availble (maildrop, dovecot, ...) that might work better with a modern gui.
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