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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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