Dear Folks,
On 7 January 2017 at 16:22, Liam O'Toole <liam.p.oto...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2017-01-07, Michael Fothergill <michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Dear Folks,
> >
> > I have installed the utility offlineimap which is somewhat new to me.
> >
> > I found a web site that explained how to use it in combination with emacs
> > and notmuch for organising your email etc. if you have a gmail account
> > which I do....
> >
> > The site kindly listed a short script that you could use with a gmail
> > account.
> >
> > I used it to produce something that would work for me (I hoped).
> >
> > Here it is:
> >
> > mikef@rhinoceros:~$ more ~/.offlineimaprc
> > [general]
> > accounts = mikefGmail
> >
> > [Account mikefGmail]
> > localrepository = Local
> > remoterepository = MichaelFothergillGmail
> >
> > [Repository Local]
> > type = Maildir
> > localfolders = ~/Mail
> >
> > [Repository MichaelFothergillGmail]
> > type = Gmail
> > maxconnections=1
> > remoteuser = michael.fotherg...@gmail.com
> > realdelete=no
> > folderfilter = lambda foldername: foldername in ['[Google Mail]/All
> > Mail', '[Google Mail]/Sent Mail']
> > nametrans = lambda foldername: re.sub('^\[Google Mail\]/All Mail$',
> 'all',
> > re.sub('^\[Google Mail\]/Sent Mail$', 'sent',foldername))
> > sslcacertfile = /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
> > remotepass = *********
> >
> > I logged into Gmail and set the imap option on.
> >
> > I also went to the section on adding app passwords and entered
> offlineimap
> > as the app and got it to produce a password for it which I entered in the
> > remotepass line above.
> >
> > I then ran the offlineimap command:
> >
> >
> > mikef@rhinoceros:~$ offlineimap
> > OfflineIMAP 6.3.4
> > Copyright 2002-2011 John Goerzen & contributors.
> > Licensed under the GNU GPL v2+ (v2 or any later version).
> >
> > Account sync mikefGmail:
> > ***** Processing account mikefGmail
> > Copying folder structure from Gmail to Maildir
> > Establishing connection to imap.gmail.com:993.
> > ***** Finished processing account mikefGmail
> >
> > I then thought that might be working ie downloading copies of emails from
> > my gmail account on to my PC here.
> >
> > In /home/mikef directory I have a Mail folder and now a .offlineimap
> > directory (there are other files and directories not listed here):
> >
> >
> > drwx------ 2 mikef mikef 4096 Jan 5 13:02 Mail
> > drwx------ 4 mikef mikef 4096 Feb 8 2016 .mozilla
> > drwxr-xr-x 2 mikef mikef 4096 Feb 8 2016 Music
> > drwx------ 5 mikef mikef 4096 Jan 7 11:54 .offlineimap
> >
> > The .offlineimap directory contains the following directories
> >
> > root@rhinoceros:/home/mikef/.offlineimap# ls
> >
> > Account-mikefGmail lock pid Repository-Local
> > Repository-MichaelFothergillGmail
> >
> > If you move into these directories there further ones underneath.
> >
> > The /home/mikef/Mail directory is empty......
> >
> > My question is this:
> >
> > If the email download process was actually occurring where would the
> file
> > created with them in it be located?
> >
> > I thought it would sit in the /home/mikef/Mail directory but it does not
> > seem to be there.
> >
> > Suggestions on this are welcome.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Michael Fothergill
>
> Below is a minimal, working .offlineimaprc file for offlineimap 6.3.4 in
> jessie.
> I suggest you start with this and then tune it to suit your needs.
>
>
> # Adapted from /usr/share/doc/offlineimap/examples/offlineimap.conf.
> minimal
>
> [general]
> accounts = Gmail
>
> [Account Gmail]
> localrepository = LocalGmail
> remoterepository = RemoteGmail
>
> [Repository LocalGmail]
> type = Maildir
> localfolders = ~/Mail/gmail
>
> [Repository RemoteGmail]
> type = Gmail
> remotehost = imap.gmail.com
> ssl = yes
> remoteuser = *****************
> remotepass = *****************
>
I tried this one and it worked!
Many thanks to Mr O'Toole........
Regds
Michael Fothergill
