E-mail client, which stores e-mails in files

[marypoppins]

Hello,

i'm looking for an e-mail client, which is portable (not necessary to install), and which stores the e-mails in files, like this (INBOX and SENT for example):

D:\mymails\INBOX

incomingmail1.eml

incomingmail2.eml

incomingmail3.eml

...

D:\mymails\SENT

sentmail1.eml

sentmail2.eml

sentmail3.eml

...

Please don't hesitate to share me if you know of anything like it.

Thanks!

[Digerati]

Outlook stores all your email, contacts, appointments, tasks, etc. in one file - a .pst file.

[marypoppins]

Outlook stores all your email, contacts, appointments, tasks, etc. in one file - a .pst file.

You have not read it properly. I want to store my e-mails in directories and in separated files, not in a PST or DBX or anything else.

[wide-load]

Mozilla Thunderbird will store each folder in a separate file. It won't store each message separately, if you want your messages stored individually.

[marypoppins]

Any suggestion?

[Boris]

I've never tried it myself, but you could try the Open Source Sylpheed ?
/>http://sylpheed.sraoss.jp/en/

Sylpheed is a clean, powerful and easy to use e-Mail client that can be run portably from a USB flash drive or other portable device.

Built mainly for Unix like systems such as Linux, BSD and Mac OSX, there is also a version for Windows users which is our main focus here.

This portable e-Mail client requires roughly 20MB of disk space for portable installation making it one of the larger portable e-Mail clients.

Messages are managed with MH format on which a file corresponds to a message, so you can easily backup, migrate, and process them with other applications.

There is also less risk of mail loss when a system failure occurs, compared to formats on which a file corresponds to a folder.

Messages are instantly moved or deleted with this format when asked to, so users don't have to perform periodic compaction of mailboxes by hand to prevent the growth of mailboxes.

[marypoppins]

I've never tried it myself, but you could try the Open Source Sylpheed ?
/>http://sylpheed.sraoss.jp/en/

Sylpheed is a clean, powerful and easy to use e-Mail client that can be run portably from a USB flash drive or other portable device.

Built mainly for Unix like systems such as Linux, BSD and Mac OSX, there is also a version for Windows users which is our main focus here.

This portable e-Mail client requires roughly 20MB of disk space for portable installation making it one of the larger portable e-Mail clients.

Messages are managed with MH format on which a file corresponds to a message, so you can easily backup, migrate, and process them with other applications.

There is also less risk of mail loss when a system failure occurs, compared to formats on which a file corresponds to a folder.

Messages are instantly moved or deleted with this format when asked to, so users don't have to perform periodic compaction of mailboxes by hand to prevent the growth of mailboxes.

Hi Boris,

I just tried it on Windows and seems this is what I want. It is perfect with POP3, my e-mails are stored as files, my e-mail folders are stored as directories, the e-mail filter works, the SSL works, it is portable, everything are as I want. :) I will try it on Linux as well.

Many-many-many thanks for you! :)