Need a mail app for LARGE volumes of mail...

[Jim March]

My sole computer is a laptop.  I travel a LOT.  Right now I'm five
days into a week-long trip, writing this from a Motel 6 in Globe of
all places, for a visit with their elections office tomorrow AM.

That doesn't sound like a good situation for using a server?  What if
it goes down while I'm out?  I'd be completely hosed...

Jim

On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 9:35 AM, Eric Shubert <ejs at shubes.net> wrote:
> Jim March wrote:
>>
>> I've been using GMail through the web interface.  I've just realized
>> it's dropping data.  It lost something important and I can't have
>> that.  I'm going to have to suck it all down locally.
>>
>> I need a mail client that will handle massive piles.  And it has to
>> allow streaming it all in continuously.  We're talking about almost
>> 6gig.  Thunderbird emphatically won't cut it.  Dunno about Evolution
>> but I suspect not.  I'm on Maverick.  I have enough embedded
>> graphics/PDFs/etc. to deal with that I need something GUI vs. terminal
>> interface.
>>
>> Any clue what I should try?
>>
>> Jim
>
> I think you need a personal mail *server*. I recommend
> http://qmailtoaster.com/. QMT is robust, very reliable, has good community
> support, and is being continually improved.
>
> I've been running QMT since '06. The first one started on a
> PII-266MH/512MB/80GB machine, which I expect would still suffice for your
> needs, although more CPU wouldn't hurt. I have seen 6-7G per account on one
> of these, using IMAP for access (dovecot on the server side) with absolutely
> no problems (MS Outlook has a 2G limit, not surprisingly, but I doubt that
> applies to you). You can configure fetchmail with it to grab your gmail, or
> whatever other accounts. Then you can comfortably use whichever client you
> like, and more than one at the same time. Since the mail's on the server,
> when you change something with one client, all clients see the change. You
> can even use a blackberry (or whatever mobile device w/ internet access) to
> access your mail. Webmail (squirrelmail, with horde coming soon) is included
> as well.
>
> Let me know if you'd like any help with QMT. I've been active in that
> community since I started using it.
>
> If anyone would like to build a QMT, that can easily be done at an
> InstallFest. It would take just a couple hours. Please send an email to
> installfest at plug.phoenix.az.us if you're interested.
>
> --
> -Eric 'shubes'
>
> ---------------------------------------------------
> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:
> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
>