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Software recommendation: Thunderbird alternative, that can import TB's data

ye flag
Déjà vu

tl;dr Looking for a reliable alternative to Thunderbird that

  • can import (or read) all emails from Thunderbird (only emails is fine)
  • support local account (read localhost mail, from /var/mail/...)
  • option: has clean configuration files (not like prefs.js)

Longer shot:

after upgrading from Ubuntu 18.04 to 20.04, the newer Thunderbird 91+ doesn't support reading local emails anymore.

Not only that, but the Inbox that was linked to that "local" email account is not showing anymore (data is still here).

I tried messing again with the (oh my...) pretty-mezzy prefs.js, but, this time... giving up.

TB's recommendation is to create a local POP (or IMAP) server, but, if possible, I'd rather do a migration to something reliable, clean, and certainly lighter, that reads local mail directly.

Time for a change.

Thanks.

*edit*

Got this from the TB folks

https://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=3086614

And for the time being, just did

Just to clarify to other people, you only need to install mailutils-pop3d and restart your system. In Thunderbird just add your mail as a normal mail account, user@localhost and your login password"

(and actually that was straightforward ; apt install and TB account config)

Still opened to recommendations, though.

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N0rbert
You can also try local installation of older Thunderbird version.
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ye flag
Déjà vu
Yes of course, there are ways to do that (snap, flatpak...). But then I'll be stuck with that old version. Let's do a change for (hopefully) good!
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