Kontact Windows 2009-02-20 - KMail "account types"

[Ingo Klöcker]

On Thursday 02 April 2009, ITSEF Admin wrote:
> On Thursday 2 April 2009 05:05:34 David M. Besonen wrote:
> > in KMail when adding an account an option dialog box that
> > looks like this is displayed:
> >
> > --
> > Add Account - Kontact
> > -
> >  o Local Mailbox
> >  o POP3
> >  o IMAP
> >  o Disconnected IMAP
> >  o Maildir mailbox
> > --
>
> [...]
>
> > these options don't really go together in my mind.  for
> > example, POP3 is a method for retrieving mail from a host.
> > Maildir on the other hand is a mail storage format.
>
> Not quite, IMO. "Maildir mailbox" could be a "local" mailbox e.g. in
> the user's home directory which is created/updated via
> procmail/formail or similar mechanisms outside of Kontact. I'm using
> such a set-up at home (albeit with mbox mailboxes). Having this
> choice seems logical to me.

This is correct. On Linux "Local Mailbox" is probably most commonly used 
for /var/spool/mail/<username>. "Maildir mailbox" is the same as "Local 
Mailbox" except for the format of the mailbox (maildir vs. mbox). On 
Windows those two choices probably make little or no sense.

Regards,
Ingo
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