User:Imz/research on HOW TO backup an IMAP account - ALT Linux Wiki. From ALT Linux Wiki (Better and worse ways to backup an IMAP account; a research of the available options.)
I want to maintain a backup of an "IMAP account" (I mean the collection of mailboxes/folders accessed via IMAP by a single user on a remote server), with history. So I'm assessing the variants of doing this, choosing the optimal combination of individual decisions (regarding the subtasks of this greater task) and tools. (I've also: Subtasks and goals/desirable requirements Tracking the history I want to be able to revert to a certain state of the mailboxes in the past, or to inspect the past states, because I do not want to hold the trust that no valuable message gets accidentally deleted. -- I'll probably use git to store the historical changes since it's a familiar (for me) and robust tool. Alternatives: "darcs" might fit well the purpose. Merging independent backups (In other words, it's almost merging intermediate snapshots into the history.) Maximum info is the union of these infos. Yes. Zach Schneider. 2.5 years ago, I wrote a post about the state of email apps for Mac that surprisingly got a little popular on Hacker News.
At the time, I was bullish on Mail Pilot, but in the weeks and months following the post it grew buggier and less reliable and ultimately ended up with the others on the trash heap of email apps. You would think that the state of email on the Mac would have improved in the 2.5 years since that post, but you would be wrong. Slack grew to a $4 billion company; Facebook grew from 1.25 billion to 1.75 billion users; a few hundred unicorns were born, grew up, and died; and email in the Apple ecosystem is just as underwhelming as it was two Januaries past. It’s not for lack of trying. There are many, many options out there, and it’s a hobby of mine to try new ones every month or so. Email startups: stop selling yourselves to big tech companies. Mediocre Mail.app – Is really the baseline for mediocre. Wanted: Mac App Wanted: iOS App. Thunderbird: From mbox to maildir. Thunderbird has always been my favourite email application.
I've tried a few other ones but always went back because no other one is so flexible and extensible, IMHO. (And Outlook and the likes are out of question as I'm running Linux.) One disadvantage of Thunderbird is that it is still using the mbox file format by default. Basically this means that in each folder all mails are comprised in one big text file. On the other hand, when using the maildir format each mail is kept in a separate file. Nylas N1. MailStore Home. Homepage - Postbox. Everdesk. The best email clients for Windows 2016 – Matteo Spinelli's Cubiq.org. The short story is: for regular not-too-intense use go for Thunderbird; power users can try The Bat or Claws; if email is mission critical, Outlook.
Meaning: we are all doomed! Claws Mail Let’s start from a new entry. Claws Mail is a Sylpheed spin-off but grew its own personality over time. Despite being lesser know email clients (at least in the Windows realm) and a bit old school, they are both actively developed. I used Claws Mail extensively on both Windows and Linux, it’s a solid email solution with a lot of plugins. The graphics interface is like 1995 all over again but it’s very customizable. It is not without fault, though. Live/Outlook accounts work well but they are pretty slow and sometimes the connection is lost (most likely a Microsoft issue since it happens with the official client too). It is instead incredibly good at plain ol’ IMAP.
My vote: 3.4 / 5 The Bat! An all time favorite. The client features a custom HTML viewer for a better malware protection. My vote: 3.7 / 5.