It would certainly force me to actually set up and document things properly! I'm in if there are one or two others. JN On 10/10/2012 10:06 AM, Rob Echlin wrote: > 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 <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 <mailto:Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca> > http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux > >