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What is Movemail?

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On the Thunderbird Startup page (Linux), in the Accounts panel there is an option to create a Movemail account. I clicked this but the wizard doesn't give any information about what a Movemail account is. I've done some web searching and I can't find a clear explanation of what it is, other than to maybe read mbox files, but the wizards suggests it is more than that.

Can someone give me a brief explanation of what a Movemail account is and what you use it for.

I am also presuming it is noting to do with movemail.com.

On the Thunderbird Startup page (Linux), in the Accounts panel there is an option to create a Movemail account. I clicked this but the wizard doesn't give any information about what a Movemail account is. I've done some web searching and I can't find a clear explanation of what it is, other than to maybe read mbox files, but the wizards suggests it is more than that. Can someone give me a brief explanation of what a Movemail account is and what you use it for. I am also presuming it is noting to do with movemail.com.
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Ah, ignore this question, I was searching for Movmail not Movemail. Doh, my bad. I found my answer here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movemail

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Ah, ignore this question, I was searching for Movmail not Movemail. Doh, my bad. I found my answer here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movemail