.\" Hey, EMACS: -*- nroff -*- .\" First parameter, NAME, should be all caps .\" Second parameter, SECTION, should be 1-8, maybe w/ subsection .\" other parameters are allowed: see man(7), man(1) .TH OFFLINEIMAP 1 "July 11, 2002" "quux.org" "OfflineIMAP manual" .\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage. .\" .\" Some roff macros, for reference: .\" .nh disable hyphenation .\" .hy enable hyphenation .\" .ad l left justify .\" .ad b justify to both left and right margins .\" .nf disable filling .\" .fi enable filling .\" .br insert line break .\" .sp insert n+1 empty lines .\" for manpage-specific macros, see man(7) .SH NAME OfflineIMAP \- IMAP/Maildir synchronization and reader support .SH SYNOPSIS .B offlineimap [ .BI -1 ] [ .BI -a \ accountlist ] [ .BI -c \ configfile ] .br [ .BI -d ] [ .BI -u " interface" ] .\".RI [ -c \ foo ] .\".RI [ options ] " files" ... .br .B offlineimap .B -h .\".RI [ options ] " files" ... .SH DESCRIPTION .B OfflineIMAP is a tool to simplify your e-mail reading. With .B OfflineIMAP, you can read the same mailbox from multiple computers. You get a current copy of your messages on each computer, and changes you make one place will be visible on all other systems. For instance, you can delete a message on your home computer, and it will appear deleted on your work computer as well. .B OfflineIMAP is also useful if you want to use a mail reader that does not have IMAP support, has poor IMAP support, or does not provide disconnected operation. .PP .B OfflineIMAP is .I FAST; it synchronizes my two accounts with over 50 folders in 3 seconds. Other similar tools might take over a minute, and achieve a less-reliable result. Some mail readers can take over 10 minutes to do the same thing, and some don't even support it at all. Unlike other mail tools, .B OfflineIMAP features a multi-threaded synchronization algorithm that can dramatically speed up performance in many situations by synchronizing several different things simultaneously. .PP .B OfflineIMAP is .I FLEXIBLE; you can customize which folders are synced via regular expressions, lists, or Python expressions; a versatile and comprehensive configuration file is used to control behavior; two user interfaces are built-in; fine-tuning of synchronization performance is possible; internal or external automation is supported; SSL and PREAUTH tunnels are both supported; offline (or "unplugged") reading is supported; and esoteric IMAP features are supported to ensure compatibility with the widest variety of IMAP servers. .PP .B OfflineIMAP is .I SAFE; it uses an algorithm designed to prevent mail loss at all costs. Because of the design of this algorithm, even programming errors should not result in loss of mail. I am so confident in the algorithm that I use my own personal and work accounts for testing of .B OfflineIMAP pre-release, development, and beta releases. .PP This manual page documents briefly the .B offlineimap and .B bar commands. This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page. Instead, it has documentation in the GNU Info format; see below. .PP .\" TeX users may be more comfortable with the \fB\fP and .\" \fI\fP escape sequences to invode bold face and italics, .\" respectively. \fBofflineimap\fP is a program that... .SH OPTIONS These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is included below. For a complete description, see the Info files. .TP .B \-h, \-\-help Show summary of options. .TP .B \-v, \-\-version Show version of program. .SH SEE ALSO .BR bar (1), .BR baz (1). .br The programs are documented fully by .IR "The Rise and Fall of a Fooish Bar" , available via the Info system. .SH AUTHOR This manual page was written by John Goerzen , for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).