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[Ian Zimmerman]

On 2018-12-14 11:27, Victor Sudakov wrote:

> > DEFAULT=/path/to/maildir/ procmail /dev/null
> > 
> > will work (but I try to avoid procmail for data-critical tasks).
> 
> May I ask why? procmail has been in my ~/.forward for two decades,
> with lots of rules, and I've not seen any problems from it.

Because I have seen its source code, and tried to hack it :-)

> > Lastly, are you sure you need IMAP and dovecot at all?
> 
> Sure. First of all, other users need it, and I don't like the idea of
> personal settings for myself.  Then, I like to use a mobile app
> (AquaMail) for mail access when on the road.

Yes, that's certainly a reason.  Too bad; in my case I and the few other
users all agree that email (a relatively slow and deliberate mode of
communication on a modern scale) doesn't mix well with "on the road",
unlike SMS.

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