Re: Jumping ship

On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 8:01 AM, Volker Kuhlmann <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu 01 Dec 2011 00:50:14 NZDT +1300, cr wrote:
>
>> Current kmail does, but I've read that Kmail2 uses Akonadi.  Now what format
>> Akonadi adopts for its file storage I don't know.
>
> I don't know what Akonadi does exactly, but I don't have your automatic
> assumption that just because kmail uses akonadi, it suddenly stores its
> emails in akonadi, mysql, some other database, or its own proprietary
> format. Afterall kmail has used akonadi in previous versions too. And
> like I said it must be possible to turn all that extra stuff off for
> those who just want to use email.
>

If OP wants to keep his email client-proof, he should run a mail
server with imap to the client. Then if the client does some bizarre
thing with it's local store, the original and definitive store on the
server remains intact (but of course should be backed up in case the
client accidentally does something like delete everything.

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