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[blog]: https://www.offlineimap.org/posts.html [blog]: https://www.offlineimap.org/posts.html
Links: Links:
* Official github code repository: [offlineimap] * Official github code repository
* for Python 2: [offlineimap]
* for Python 3: [offlineimap3]
* Website: [website] * Website: [website]
* Wiki: [wiki] * Wiki: [wiki]
* Blog: [blog] * Blog: [blog]
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***"Get the emails where you need them."*** ***"Get the emails where you need them."***
[Official offlineimap][https://github.com/OfflineIMAP/offlineimap3].
## Description ## Description
OfflineIMAP is software that downloads your email mailbox(es) as **local OfflineIMAP is software that downloads your email mailbox(es) as **local
Maildirs**. OfflineIMAP will synchronize both sides via *IMAP*. Maildirs**. OfflineIMAP will synchronize both sides via *IMAP*.
## Why should I use OfflineIMAP? ## Why should I use OfflineIMAP?
IMAP's main downside is that you have to **trust** your email provider to IMAP's main downside is that you have to **trust** your email provider to
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You should first check if your distribution already packages OfflineIMAP for you. You should first check if your distribution already packages OfflineIMAP for you.
Downloads releases as [tarball or zipball](https://github.com/OfflineIMAP/offlineimap3/tags). Downloads releases as [tarball or zipball](https://github.com/OfflineIMAP/offlineimap3/tags).
If you are running Linux Os, you can install offlineimap with: If you are running Linux, you can install offlineimap with:
- openSUSE `zypper in offlineimap` - openSUSE `zypper in offlineimap`
- Arch Linux `pacman -S offlineimap`
- fedora `dnf install offlineimap` - fedora `dnf install offlineimap`
- Arch Linux: through AUR package [offlineimap3-git](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/offlineimap3-git/)
## Feedbacks and contributions ## Feedbacks and contributions
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* Python v3+ * Python v3+
* rfc6555 (required) * rfc6555 (required)
* imaplib2 >= 3.5 * imaplib2 >= 3.5
* If you encounter an error that `cannot import name 'IMAP4' from 'imaplib2'`, it means that you need to install imaplib2 from the git repository.
* First, clone https://github.com/jazzband/imaplib2.git to your local computer.
* Then, enter the directory of the repository, run `pip install .` or `pip install --user .`.
* gssapi (optional), for Kerberos authentication * gssapi (optional), for Kerberos authentication
* portalocker (optional), if you need to run offlineimap in Cygwin for Windows * portalocker (optional), if you need to run offlineimap in Cygwin for Windows