[TriLUG] mail storage - was "Database Software"

[Pete Soper]

Related to mail storage and backups, is there any straight forward way 
to migrate existing msgs in a Google Group to a GNU Mailman list?

-Pete

On 04/12/2013 01:19 PM, Alan Porter wrote:
>> Here are four articles from the rather long February 2012 Linux
>> Productivity Magazine, which discuss my displeasure with Kmail in
>> particular, and KDE in general:
>> Steve Litt                *  http://www.troubleshooters.com/
>> Troubleshooting Training  *  Human Performance
> I can't imagine that those four articles are going to win you much
> troubleshooting business.
>
> Faced with similar "I'm gonna eat your data" scenarios, I simply find a
> new place to keep my data.  For example, I keep my archived email in a
> local Maildir and I share it via dovecot IMAP server.  Now I can connect
> *any* client (even KMail, or Outlook) and I can search and move and copy
> as much as I want.
>
> Secondly, when faced with a major conversion like this, it's a good idea
> to take a backup of the affected data.  It's very possible that you'll
> need it soon.  It sounds like you did that, but were unwilling to
> restore the Maildir folders and switch to another mail client.  And
> before you know it, KMail had held you hostage for 6 years.
>