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To: offlineimap@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: automating offlineimap
From: John Goerzen <jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2002 20:54:02 -0600 
On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 04:14:07PM -0600, Ivan Fernandez Pelaez wrote:

> users, with an intermittent (dial-up) net connection. I though about
> setting up a script in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/ (my system is Debian, testing),
> but I don't like the idea of running it as root. Any ideas?

One option: like any other program, you can just use 'su' or 'sudo' to run
OfflineIMAP:

su ivan offlineimap -o -u Noninteractive.Quiet

You can also use cron to run it every half hour (man crontab for details)

The Noninteractive.Quiet user interface should suit you well.

-- John
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