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The basic problem is in the context of syncing multiple accounts where
one is fast and the others are slower (due to the number of folders).
When the fast account completes, the other accounts are partially written
through the list and if the file is read during this time, the list can
be useless. However, in the general case, the file is probably left
around from a previous run of offlineimap and is more correct, so add an
option to leave it alone until all syncing is done.

Incremental is still the default since this running offlineimap using
its own timer setup is likely the most common setup. Turning it off
works best with one-shot mode triggered by cron or systemd timers.

Signed-off-by: Ben Boeckel <mathstuf@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Sebrecht <nicolas.s-dev@laposte.net>
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OfflineImap

Description

OfflineIMAP is a software to dispose your e-mail mailbox(es) as a local Maildir. OfflineIMAP will synchronize both sides via IMAP.

The main downside about IMAP is that you have to trust your MAIL provider to not loose your mails. This is not something impossible while not very common. With OfflineIMAP, you can download your Mailboxes and make you own backups of the Maildir.

This allows reading your mails while offline without the need for the mail reader (MUA) to support IMAP disconnected operations. Need an attachement from a message without internet? It's fine, the message is still there.

License

GNU General Public License v2.

Why should I use OfflineIMAP?

  • It is fast.
  • It is reliable.
  • It is flexible.
  • It is safe.

Downloads

You should first check if your distribution already package OfflineIMAP for you. Downloads releases as tarball or zipball.

Feedbacks and contributions

The user discussions, development, announces and all the exciting stuff take place in the mailing list. While not mandatory to send emails, you can subscribe here.

Bugs, issues and contributions can be requested to both the mailing list or the official Github project.

The community

Requirements

  • Python v2.7
  • Python SQlite (optional while recommended)

Documentation

All the current and updated documentation is at the community's website.

Dispose locally

You might want to dispose the documentation locally. Get the sources of the website. For the other documentations, run the approppriate make target:

$ ./scripts/get-repository.sh website
$ cd docs
$ make html  # Require rst2html
$ make man   # Require a2x
$ make api   # Require sphinx