On Fri, 24 Nov 2023 16:53:06 -0500
Steve Litt <slitt@???> wrote:

> terryc said on Sat, 25 Nov 2023 01:21:49 +1100
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> >I don't use fetchmail or anything else. Claws-mail can use POP and
> >IMAP to access the provided mail boxs.
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> Vendor lock in alert!

Vendor? AFAIK it is FOSS.
It is in the stable package lists.
I don't remember what it is forked from, but there is also Sylpheed
which is the forked or forkee as well.

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> By having almost all your email assembly line run by Claws,

Yep, it is convenient having an editor send,collect sort and file
messages. It is the bit where it is supposed to interface to usenet
servers that I'm havcing trouble with and have to keep using pan.


> if Claws ever goes bad, you're royally screwed.
It is just a mailer. YMMV, but ATM, it is the best.

> And I think we all can name a
> half a dozen great softwares that later went bad.

IME, they just end up being unsupported.
>
> The way I have mine set up, whenever Claws screws up I switch to
> Evolution, and vice versa. Some day I'll add Mutt to that list. Choice
> is good.

What the problem is that there is no overall archiving system that
makes all this information searchable. What was that FOSS programm
that sucked up all your lists and provided a searchable web portal.I
had to shut mine down as it needed an easyway to mangle all the
collected email addresses.