On Thu, 29 Oct 2020 06:12:40 -0500, o1bigtenor wrote in message
<CAPpdf58VHTQK5rSr6mBHSGR0_Q1+9wYD3B4Ud5w8QdNw+1ghDA@???>:

> Greetings
>
> Found the list of MUA useful.
>
> The last time I went looking though - - - it seemed to me anyway that
> much more than just a MUA is needed for a complete system.
>
> Would someone be able to outline for the unknowing what all actually
> is required? (I am very much wanting to get away from outside product
> that is selling me down the road - ie like the alphabet (soup)
> company!).


..since you ask the above, I'll read your "a complete system" as
MUA-with-local-storage + (Fetchmail||Getmail) + (Procmail||Sieve):
On Sat, 19 Sep 2020 23:55:46 +0200, Arnt wrote in message
<20200919235546.4551f862@d44>:

> ..me, I use Fetchmail as an imap and pop3 client to fetch my email,
> and Procmail to sprinkle it down my ~/Mail tree, and Claws Mail to
> read it, and to write and to send my outgoing email, directly out
> thru my isp's smtp servers. That's all I really need.

..you probably want Sieve rather than Procmail, and possibly
Getmail rather than Fetchmail, as Sieve and Getmail(?) are
newer and supposedly easier to set up.
I've never used those, I simply move my /home over whenever
I setup a new laptop, and my .fetchmailrc and .procmailrc
still works great. :o)

..I posted message <20200919235546.4551f862@d44> as a wee hint on an
email business opportunity (search this list for "[DNG] ..devuan to
the rescue? Easiest possible newbie email server setup, ideas?") and
to learn more on how "complete MUA-with-local-storage systems" are
best set up on Devuan these days.

--
..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen
...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
Scenarios always come in sets of three:
best case, worst case, and just in case.