28 Mar
2023
28 Mar
'23
8:54 p.m.
Dan Youngquist via tde-users wrote:
The phone and the PC at least.
And yet, one of its main functions is to download mail
locally and keep it
synchronized with the server. It also makes it really easy to upload mail
that's stored locally back to the server to transfer to another computer
(or mail program on the same computer).
if you know that much, why asking? I do not think you understand imap
correctly but I do not want to argue with you.
Yes, it is saving locally, but it is part of the KMail/IMAP functionality.
AFAIK it is used to sync up with the server. This is transparent to you as
a user. All you need is to configure your account.
IMAP itself is not saving any messages locally. On the server side however
you can choose the mailbox type (backend) - Maildir or DB or whatever.
You can have a look at the import wizard in kmail and read the instructions
there.
Also I found imapsync very useful for handling IMAP mailbox backups. We
actually migrated 10x millions mailboxes with it.
You can
actually use both clients with same effect.
And at the same time, whether on the same computer or multiple computers,
which is really handy if you regularly use multiple computers.