From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Tue, 24 Jun 2025 11:12:01 -0400, Jonathan N. Little wrote:   
      
   > Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>   
   >> I don’t store any of my emails in a client-specific format. Instead, I   
   >> run an IMAP server (Dovecot), and have the email-client configured to   
   >> access my messages via that -- even if the IMAP server is running under   
   >> my user ID and storing the messages in my home area anyway.   
   >>   
   >> This way, I can easily switch email clients, and even access the same   
   >> email store from another machine. Or use IMAP client scripts to perform   
   >> operations on the mail store.   
   >>   
   >> Another benefit is that the messages are stored in a standard format   
   >> (Maildir) which can be manipulated by a range of tools.   
   >>   
   > Okay even if IMAP Thunderbird caches the email in MBOX format like POP3   
   > but just synchronizes with the server than just downloading messages and   
   > expunging them on the server store.   
      
   That way, you can ignore the MUA’s copy of the messages as just being a   
   cache: the authoritative copy is always the IMAP message store.   
      
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