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   Markus Robert Kessler to All   
   Re: Dovecot for testing - can someone pl   
   18 Jan 26 21:30:01   
   
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   Subject: Re: Dovecot for testing - can someone please give advice?./. Was:   
   Citadel? Courier? Cyrus? Dovecot? - I just want to backup my emails   
      
   On 18 Jan 2026 07:21:23 +1000 Computer Nerd Kev wrote:   
      
   > Markus Robert Kessler  wrote:   
   >> I try to set up a simple Dovecot instance on a raspberry where I can   
   >> create one mailbox and use this for testing purposes with GNU Mailutils   
   >> and ImapSync.   
   >    
   > FWIW GNU Mailutils comes with an IMAP server too, which I use for about   
   > the same purpose as what you seem to be doing. It seemed like a good   
   > idea but in practice I rarely use it and read the mailbox movemail   
   > writes to directly with an email client instead.   
      
   [..]   
      
   Thanks! Yes, I see imapd is also created when installing from GNU    
   Mailutils tarball. Confusingly, Raspbian has each a separate package for    
   imapd, pop3, etc. Maybe, they consider this to be easier to just install    
   what's needed, rather than do a 'systemctl disable ...' for all unwanted    
   services.   
      
   B.t.w., does GNU Mailutils imapd need mysql to store email details, or is    
   there everything stored in plain text?   
      
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