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Re: [OCLUG-Tech] fetchmail and offlineimap alternatives

  • Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] fetchmail and offlineimap alternatives
  • From: Alex Pilon <alp [ at ] alexpilon [ dot ] ca>
  • Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 20:05:50 -0500
On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 03:02:48PM -0500, Richard Guy Briggs wrote:
> So, you mentioned some issues with offlineimap the other night?  Can you
> elaborate?  I don't know if you had expressed an opinion about fetchmail.

I don't know fetchmail. I've heard of it, and that it's only incoming.
I've used fdm once, and that's it.

> You also mentioned newer alternatives.  Please remind me what they were?

mbsync/isync are supposedly better alternatives to OfflineIMAP. See also
http://blog.ezyang.com/2012/08/offlineimap-sucks/.

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