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by kragen 851 days ago
if thunderbird doesn't support maildir, either you can't store your email in a maildir, or you can't use thunderbird. maildir has some real advantages, and so does thunderbird, and it would be nice to be able to combine them
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silon42 851 days ago
I have used maildir for a long time, but I just run a local IMAP server to do this... (dovecot)

IMO this is a superior way.

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kragen 851 days ago
that's an excellent point: imap is a standard protocol for decoupling your mail client from your mailbox format
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