To do this, I'm using Thunderbird on another machine on the network. I've changed the (Windows) hosts file to point to the new server:
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192.168.1.150 mail.foo.com mail
So, can I set up Thunderbird to run locally without installing a local DNS server? I could disable the external DNS but that seems like the wrong thing to do, and I don't want the hassle of a local DNS server.
Note that Firefox on the Windows box does correctly use the local hosts file for web connections to 192.168.1.150.