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Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Thunderbird IMAP to local move problem

  • Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Thunderbird IMAP to local move problem
  • From: Rob Echlin <rob [ at ] echlin [ dot ] ca>
  • Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 07:06:25 -0700 (PDT)
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

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> 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.
>> 
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