Using Movemail with Thunderbird on Ubuntu

Read Local Email With Thunderbird

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Step no 1.

      sudo apt-get install postfix -y

If installed

      sudo dpkg-reconfigure postfix

configure it for local email, Choose the default settings & use localhost as hostname

Step no 2.

      sudo nano /etc/aliases

And replace root with your user name, My user name is " one "

   postmaster:    root
   logcheck: one

Then run sudo newaliases so that the configuration is updated.

Step no 3.

you need to create a .forward file containing your username and localhost: e.g. one@localhost so that root's mail will be forwarded to you. To do this, enter these commands:

      sudo nano /root/.forward

And add the user-name@localhost e.g. one@localhost in the file and save it.

Step no 4.

      sudo adduser $USER mail

It is necessary to add your user to the mail group so that Thunderbird could access the mail files

Step no 5.

        logout and login for the changes to take effect

Step no 6.

Now for the Thunderbird configuration. Go to edit > account settings > account actions > add other account > select Unix Mailspool and in the next screen put your username in the first box and place yourusername@localhost in the second box.

Server Settings > Browse

Browse > Select /var/mail folder

Outgoing Server , Port 25

Thunderbird will close automatically & then Write an email to root@localhost

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