You can always have a local IMAP server running on the PC/Laptop where
offlineimap is running, and use it to access the local Maildir files.
That's what I actually do at home. The server in my basement runs an
IMAP server, and offlineimap twice every day. TBird in my laptop is
configured to see two IMAP accounts, the external one, and the local one
in the basement. I use the latter sporadically when strictly needed.
--
Pedro
On 12-10-10 09:57 AM, John C Nash wrote:
Gave this a try. It looks like the way I'll go, though a bit of a nuisance that it does
not seem to get mbox (used by Tbird). Actually maildir seems to be a bit nicer in some
respects, so I can probably live with having the backup in a different format from active
files. Thanks to Pedro and all who replied.
Best, JN
On 10/09/2012 09:42 PM, Pedro I. Sanchez wrote:
You can try offlineimap at http://offlineimap.org. It has worked fine
for me for a few years now keeping local copies of my external mail in sync.
The local copies are in Maildir format so you can access them easily
when you need them. Most distros have offlineimap already available.