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After all those horror stories of people getting locked out of Google, I started using Thunderbird as my email backup. Took a while to get all my emails but now
by noisy_boy 4y ago
After all those horror stories of people getting locked out of Google, I started using Thunderbird as my email backup. Took a while to get all my emails but now that they have been downloaded, I just run it as a backup tool to fetch the emails. If I had to ask, more than improving the UI (which is an initiative I have nothing against), improving the performance (mainly search) should be accorded high priority.
- nfriedly 4y agoYeah, same, except on my home file server (unraid) rather than my desktop. I use https://hub.docker.com/r/ich777/thunderbird https://hub.docker.com/r/ich777/thunderbird, which exposes the UI as a website with a javascript version of vnc. I log into it every once in a while to verify that it's still fetching updates.
- codethief 4y agoIf your concern are backups (only), I think there are better tools for that, such as offlineimap and mbsync.
- tredre3 4y ago> If your concern are backups (only), I think there are better tools for that, such as offlineimap and mbsync. I used to use imapbackup but I wouldn't say they are better tools: - They rarely support OAUTH directly so it can be a pain to set up with gmail - You still need a viewer to navigate the backup when you need it (usually a full mail client though there are some lighter maildir frontends)