[LBo] How to import thunderbird info into evolution?

[Stefan Waidele]

Sam Morgan schrieb:
> Stefan Waidele wrote:
> 
>> In order to get your mail into the new IMAP-Server, you will need to do
>> something like this:
>> http://howtoforge.com/debian_etch_fetchmail
>>
>> The flexibility you will gain will be worth the hassle.
>>
> let me show my ignorance here...
> doesn't your isp's mail server recognize it is dealing with a mail server rather 
> than an individual. and so the isps mail server will not negotiate with your 
> imap server thinking someone is trying to do a mail relay (not sure if that is 
> the correct term)

No.

For your ISP, fetchmail is a mail-client just like thunderbird,
evolution or (shudder) outlook.

The thing that makes fetchmail different is that it stores mail not
"within the application", but "within the system".
If your system happens to use an IMAP-server for mail-storage, that is
something that a) no ISP can detect and b) no ISP can forbid you.

Fetchmail is purely on the receiving side of the e-mail business.

> but there is something like that that is how spammers use open 
> mail servers to disguise their evil ways?

Spammers are located on the "sending side" of the e-mail business. This
is where SMTP-servers come into play. Basically a spammer needs to find
an SMTP-server which does not check who sends mail. These are either
"open relays" (=badly configured mail-servers on the internet) or they
do their work on virus-infected home-PCs (botnets).

You cannot send mail through IMAP, so this is not a concern here.

> sorry for all the vagueness, but I hope you understand my questions

Np. I hope my answers are at least as concise as you questions are :)

Stefan

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