On 27/07/16 11:07, Brett Parker wrote:
Just use offlineimap to sync to a local set of Maildirs, then whatever you like to front them, dovecot perhaps, as an IMAP server. Job done.
The problem with offlineimap, as I understand it, is that it is designed for a 2-way sync between offline and online. So deleting online would be reflected offline too.
That's fine as a first step towards backups (ie backup before next sync so anything that gets accidentally deleted can still be recovered from backups) but doesn't really help with the idea of keeping old archives of emails on my desktop (accessible) and removing them from Gmail.
I suppose that once I have an offline IMAP server to play with, I can then create a separate archive account and move from one to the other (having the effect of removing it from Gmail and only storing it locally), is that what you had in mind?
I haven't set up and managed an IMAP server in a long time. You mention dovecote, is that a good candidate for low overhead occasional single "user" usage? As close to trivial to configure as I'm going to get?
Mark