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Questions tagged [offlineimap]

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Encrypt OfflineIMAP Password

I'm trying to set up OfflineIMAP to authenticate via a gpg encrypted file (that way I can consolidate all my encryption to my gpg-agent process). From the documentation, it seems the only way to encrypt one's server passwords is to use gnome-keyring…
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Unable to use OfflineIMAP to sync Gmail

I'm trying to setup OfflineIMAP to sync my Gmail account to ~/Mail/Gmail. I'm using a pretty basic ~/.offlineimaprc from here. But OfflineIMAP doesn't connect to Gmail at all. This is the debug message I'm getting (by running OfflineIMAP as…
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OfflineIMAPS and CA certificates

This question is about offlineimaps but with the given opportunity I'd like resources to learn more about ssl certificates and the whole deal with them. I downloaded the latest offlineimaps (7.0.6) and after I was done with the minimal config I run…
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Sync gmail using mbsync (isync) on debian linux using XOAUTH2

I am trying to sync my mails from gmail to my local mail server using mbsync. But i keep getting an error Error: SASL(-4): no mechanism available: No worthy mechs found Here is my .mbsyncrc file: #IMAP server you wish to copy mails from. IMAPAccount…
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CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED when connecting to GMail with offlineimap

Under an Arch Linux, I want to use offlineimap to synchronize to GMail like this. [general] accounts = Gmail maxsyncaccounts = 3 [Account Gmail] localrepository = LocalGmail remoterepository = RepositoryGmail autorefresh = 30 quick =…
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How to sync email contacts between computers for use in mutt?

I'm using mutt as email client. Specifically, this is my setup: Mail is stored at a remote hosting company. Mail is retrieved locally using OfflineIMAP. I have two mail accounts: one personal and one for work. Both use separate…
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How do I restart offlineimap?

I have offlineimap running on a cron job with */10 * * * * offlineimap -q -u quiet. Every once in a while it seems to get interrupted, and when that happens I can't restart it. If I try to run it from the terminal I get an error indicating that it…
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How to send mail when using offlineimap?

I've only ever used GUI mail clients like Thunderbird, and want to try using offlineimap with alpine. However I'm confused about how it all ties together. As I understand it: Once I configure offlineimap with my accounts, it will go to every…
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Complete command line email retrieval for IMAP IDLE

I'm trying to retrieve my mail from command line, and they use mu4e to read them. However, it turns out to be a nightmare to find a program that can do the following stuff: downloads the mail from an IMAP server into a maildir folder uses SSL/TLS…
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Sync mail with offlineimap via systemd service/timer; getting password from gnome keyring

I am trying to autosync my mail in mutt using offlineimap via a systemd service. I am using these files and have moved them to the /etc/systemd/user folder. However, I am storing my password via the gnome-keyring and retrieving it via secret-tool…
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Systemd Service for Offlineimap + gpg encrypted PW's inside tmux works manually after system start but not autmoatically

Short description, what i'm searching for: I want to have a detached tmux session automatically started as a systemd user service. Inside that, offlineimap should start and decrypt my login credentials. The graphical variant of pinentry should ask…
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Migrating mail to a new server using OfflineIMAP - dot folders not copied

I am trying to migrate mails from a server to a new server using OfflineIMAP. My config looks like: [general] accounts = TestAccount ui = noninteractive.Basic [Account TestAccount] localrepository = TestAccountSource remoterepository =…
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OfflineIMAP tells me SQLite isn't installed, even though it is

Whenever I run OfflineIMAP v6.5.3.1 I get an error for every folder (i.e. tag and folder in Gmail) which tells me there was a problem and then right after it tells me: SQLite backend chosen, but no sqlite python bindings available. Please…
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does mbsync know i deleted folders?

Newly working with neomutt and mbsync. I did an initial grab of all my mail and folders which was fine. Then I started organizing my folders and mail. Some of the folders (or "mailboxes") within the account were cleaned up and DELETED. When I run…
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Easiest IMAP archiver for multiple accounts

I'm pretty new to linux, Im running Ubuntu at the moment. On windows I was using a service called "mailstore" to archive the entire contents of multiple email accounts. I've seen a few searching google, but a lot of the "verbage" goes way over my…
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