Assuming that usrlocal is the standard prefix of your system and that you use python 2. It should run on most platforms supported by python, with one. With offlineimap, you can download your mailboxes and make you own backups of your maildir. There are six ways to specify the password for the imap server.
File type source python version none upload date dec 17, 2019 hashes view close. This exists so that imap connections can all be established up front, gathering passwords as needed. If youre not sure which to choose, learn more about installing packages. Download to get a json file that also has the client secret. For most unix systems, you must download and compile the source code. So you can leave a tmux session running with offlineimap, enter your password once, and offlineimap will be fine there after. Why and how you should start using offlineimap now. Having an imap account and password does not mean you can log into the imap server with rsync, using the same credentials if you can, that. Gnu privacy guard can be used for storing a password in an encrypted file. You can download the latest version of offlineimap from the offlineimap website. It will not exit after the first run, but will sleep for 10 minutes. If you intend to use the ssl interface, your python must have been built with. Download and install cygwin with the python and devel packages enabled devel is necessary to enable the make. About documentation gsoc news blog resources screenshots.
Note that the output may contain passwords, so take care to remove that from. Python 353 1,473 77 8 issues need help 1 updated apr 18, 2020. Debian users simply can run dpkg i b to install it, and then use. You can give a python source filename here and all config file. You are asked for your password, and then it synchronizes your. Imaps main downside is that you have to trust your email provider to not lose your email. Then run offlineimap it will ask for your password and cache it in memory.
Stack overflow for teams is a private, secure spot for you and your coworkers to find and share information. The licenses page details gplcompatibility and terms and conditions. Therere a lot of combinations to manage your email with emacs, but this works for me. From this sample, replace the cmd line with whatever can retrieve your password.
Offlineimap can read passwords in plain text in its. Offlineimap is a python utility to sync mail from imap servers. The same source code archive can also be used to build. Offlineimap s status directory area has also changed. If you installed a systemwide installation via python setup. Powerful imapmaildir synchronization and reader support in the gentoo packages database. Historically, most, but not all, python releases have also been gplcompatible. Download a file providing username and password using python. Then it will wake up and run again, but it will still remember your password. Contribute to offlineimapofflineimap development by creating an account on github.
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