Hi John, Pedro, Bill, Scott: Would you guys like to put on a demo of what these tools and techniques do and how to set them up? I suggest that this be the presentation for the December meeting, on Thursday Dec 6. Rob -- Rob Echlin, B. Eng. 613-266-8311 - Ottawa, ON http://talksoftware.wordpress.com - http://picasaweb.google.com/coderoller >________________________________ > From: John C Nash <nashjc [ at ] uottawa [ dot ] ca> >To: Pedro I. Sanchez <psanchez [ at ] colcan [ dot ] ca> >Cc: linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca >Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 9:57:07 AM >Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Thunderbird IMAP to local move problem > >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. >> >_______________________________________________ >Linux mailing list >Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca >http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux > > >