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Re: [bug-mailutils] movemail: should hang forever?
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Sergey Poznyakoff |
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Re: [bug-mailutils] movemail: should hang forever? |
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Sun, 04 Dec 2016 13:31:56 +0200 |
Jean Louis <address@hidden> ha escrit:
> Please tell me, does movemail synchronizes IMAP and Maildir or just
> moves mail? I guess it is just moving.
I'm not quite sure what 'synchronizes' means in this context. To make
sure we're on the same page:
1. By default movemail retrieves all mail from the source mailbox,
incorporates it into the destination mailbox, and, if successful
removes the mail from the source mailbox. I assume that can be called
'moving'.
2. If given the --keep option, movemail retrieves all mail from the
source mailbox, incorporates it into the destination mailbox, and
leaves the source mailbox unchanged. That can be called
'synchronization', provided that the --uild option is also used (or
another mechanism is implemented to ensure each message is downloaded
exactly once).
> It would be good to have GNU software that is alternative to
> offlineimap.
I'm not sure what offlineimap does, but it seems you need the --keep
option.
> The documentation is missing too.
http://mailutils.org/manual/html_section/movemail.html
http://mailutils.org/wiki/Fetching_Mail_with_Movemail
Regards,
Sergey
- [bug-mailutils] movemail: should hang forever?, Jean Louis, 2016/12/03
- Re: [bug-mailutils] movemail: should hang forever?, Sergey Poznyakoff, 2016/12/03
- Re: [bug-mailutils] movemail: should hang forever?, Jean Louis, 2016/12/03
- Re: [bug-mailutils] movemail: should hang forever?, Jean Louis, 2016/12/03
- Re: [bug-mailutils] movemail: should hang forever?, Sergey Poznyakoff, 2016/12/04
- Re: [bug-mailutils] movemail: should hang forever?, Jean Louis, 2016/12/04
- Re: [bug-mailutils] movemail: should hang forever?, Jean Louis, 2016/12/13