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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 07:09:44 -0700 (PDT)
Hi guys

I missed one important point.
This is Roland's excellent idea.

Roland? Are you interested in contributing to the presentation, too?

Rob

 
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> From: Rob Echlin <rob [ at ] echlin [ dot ] ca>
>To: "nashjc [ at ] uottawa [ dot ] ca" <nashjc [ at ] uottawa [ dot ] ca>; Pedro I. Sanchez <psanchez [ at ] colcan [ dot ] ca> 
>Cc: "linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca" <linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca> 
>Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 10:06:25 AM
>Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Thunderbird IMAP to local move problem
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>Hi John, Pedro,  Bill, Scott:
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>Would you guys like to put on a demo of what these tools and techniques do and how to set them up?
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>I suggest that this be the presentation for the December meeting, on Thursday Dec 6.
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>Rob
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>Rob Echlin, B. Eng.
>613-266-8311 -  Ottawa, ON
>http://talksoftware.wordpress.com  - http://picasaweb.google.com/coderoller
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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
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>>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.
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>>Best, JN
>>
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>>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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