Pretty Spam
Today we have a chunk from Run Your Own Mail Server.
Email clients like Outlook and Thunderbird expect to communicate with a fully functional mail system. You don’t have one yet. Testing your IMAP configuration requires a client that handles IMAP separately from sending mail. If you are already cozy with your preferred mail client and can make it test receiving separately from sending, use it. Configure an IMAP account in your client, try to connect, and see what happens.
If you don’t have such a client, I recommend mutt (http://www.mutt.org). One advantage mutt has over other mail clients is…
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