Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:06:36 +0100 From: Wael Nasreddine <mla@nasreddine.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: archiving all IMAP mail? Message-ID: <20080214090636.GB8607@phoenix.nasreddine.info> In-Reply-To: <47B3FE16.1000009@gmail.com> References: <77647f500802132332p735a53c7i10a76a3e909dfb7f@mail.gmail.com> <77647f500802140025q4ab4296bt529b41684ccad5db@mail.gmail.com> <47B3FE16.1000009@gmail.com>
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--l76fUT7nc3MelDdI Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This One Time, at Band Camp, Jack Barnett <jackbarnett@gmail.com> said, On = Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 02:38:46AM -0600: > > This is the setup I use: > > external accounts (pop, imap, etc) <->fetchmail -> procmail ->=20 > filter&archive -> imap > local accounts -> procmail -> filter&archive -> imap > > Then my imap clients connect to the imap server. > > The imap server I use is courier-imap (has ssl which is nice) > then use Thunderbird for the clients (runs multiply platforms) > > This setup works well, everything is auto-archived and also can get acces= s=20 > to my mail from anyplace and it's the "same". > It scales well too, fairly secure and have once place to back up all my= =20 > emails. This is exactly my setup as well, Except I use Mutt for a client, or If I'm not on my PC I use horde which is on my server as well, so whereever I am, my e-mail is always organised, I never lose an email, plus the whole .mail folder is rsynced to another server so that's my extra backup. > > C Thala wrote: >> I need to strictly archive all mail sent to me. >> For some time I've been using fetchmail/getmail from ports to suck down >> (every 5 minutes or so) the IMAP mail sent by my ISP and send it through >> procmail where I make a copy and then archive it (I also do my filtering >> into various mailboxes in procmail). >> I then use my mail user agent to read the mail from a local machine. >> This has worked fine all these years, but now I am switching to the >> paradigm where I am checking mail from multiple clients, so I plan on >> using IMAP-aware user agents. >> As I understand it, these IMAP-aware user agents operate directly on the >> IMAP spool. How can I archive my mail before it reaches them? Also, how >> do I do my filtering to various mailboxes? >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to=20 >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to=20 > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > --=20 Wael Nasreddine http://wael.nasreddine.com PGP: 1024D/C8DD18A2 06F6 1622 4BC8 4CEB D724 DE12 5565 3945 C8DD 18A2 =2E: An infinite number of monkeys typing into GNU emacs, would never make a good program. (L. Torvalds 1995) :. --l76fUT7nc3MelDdI Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHtAScVWU5RcjdGKIRAl4UAKDEEmU7L9SNaNB56t1M/IvYLKwGKQCg1kvF GoPEKyzoan3ACbnXocDwXtk= =7Qxv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --l76fUT7nc3MelDdI--
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