[Charlug] Read-Only Email Archive System - possible?

[C. Michael Pilato]

David Simmons wrote:
> I'm hoping someone else has done this and can offer advice and/or
> platforms/software to use
> 
> I'm moving email systems....have years and years of email....while I
> could move it to the new system, I really don't need it on the new
> system - I just need 'access' to it for searching.
> 
> So what I'm looking for is an online email system/software/platform that
> doesn't send email out (so hacking might be minimized since email
> doesn't go out) but allows for searching of old email.
> 
> Just for the record....I believe it to be a Maildir system (used QMail /
> Squirrelmail setup)
> 
> I know that I can copy it to my local computer...and run Thunderbird or
> something to access/search it.....but I'd like an online system (web
> front-end) when I'm not on my local system.
> 
> Thanks for any advice - hints,

Since Gmail supports IMAP, I solved a similar problem by getting all my old
mail into a format readable by Thunderbird.  IIRC, the mail wound up living
as folders in the "Local Folders" Thunderbird "account".  I also had a
second account in Thunderbird, this one configured to access Gmail via IMAP.
 With such a setup, moving the old mail to Gmail for archival was as simple
as drag-n-dropping mail between those two Thunderbird accounts.

This probably doesn't meet your "doesn't send email out" criteria, but I
figured I'd share the information anyway in case you reconsider.

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