From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 14 00:46:33 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 216AC16A400 for ; Tue, 14 Mar 2006 00:46:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from fw.farid-hajji.net (fw.farid-hajji.net [213.146.115.42]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90AF543D45 for ; Tue, 14 Mar 2006 00:46:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from epia2.farid-hajji.net (epia-2 [192.168.254.11]) by fw.farid-hajji.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4257DC9BA; Tue, 14 Mar 2006 01:43:23 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 01:47:35 +0100 From: cpghost To: "Carlos Silva, yourdot-internet.com" Message-ID: <20060314004735.GA71450@epia2.farid-hajji.net> References: <44152B39.5050400@yourdot-mail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <44152B39.5050400@yourdot-mail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mail backup solution? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 00:46:33 -0000 On Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 08:20:09AM +0000, Carlos Silva, yourdot-internet.com wrote: > I have my email stored at a reseller account (via imap) on a server. > My intention is that my server at home, download all the emails via imap > to backup automatically everyday. > But, I dont want that my server download repeated messages (because i > have thousands of emails...). > Someone has a solution? Sure: /usr/ports/mail/offlineimap But there's one caveat though! offlineimap does a symmetric synchronization between both sides. If you play around with your local copy, and delete some messages there, offlinemap will also delete the corresponding messages on your ISPs IMAP server (unless you delete the metadata before), which may not exactly be what you want. I've been there the first time and I've been bitten by this once... but I'm using this now for regular backups and sychronizations between multiple IMAP hosts, both mobile and fixed. Good luck! > Best Regards, > Carlos Silva, > http://www.yourdot-services.com/ Regards, -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/