Hi guys I missed one important point. This is Roland's excellent idea. Roland? Are you interested in contributing to the presentation, too? Rob -- Rob Echlin, B. Eng. 613-266-8311 - Ottawa, ON http://talksoftware.wordpress.com - http://picasaweb.google.com/coderoller >________________________________ > 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 > > >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 >> >> >> > >