Re: Newbie questions

[John Goerzen <jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Feb 21, 2003 at 01:42:54PM -0000, Randy Orrison wrote:
> Courier IMAP server, but couldn't get it to work.  I have folders that
> look like this:
>   ~/Maildir (my inbox)
>   ~/Maildir/.MailingLists.debian-user
>   ~/Maildir/.Trash

Right.  Courier uses this weird maddening scheme.  

I might suggest you try this approach:

Have OfflineIMAP sync into someplace like ~/Mailboxes.  Then set up Maildir
with symlinks from things like ~/Maildir/.MailingLists.debian-user to
~/Mailboxes/INBOX.debian-user.

>   nametrans = lambda foldername: re.sub('^INBOX', '', foldername)
> and got ... nothing!  Well, offlineimap connected to the server and told
> me about the folders it found, but it didn't copy a single message.  (I'm
> at work at present, so I can't give the exact output.)  Why didn't it do
> anything?

That is indeed a mystery.  Can you run it with IMAP debug mode (-d imap) and
let me know what happens?


> Second question: I have a lot of existing mail in my Maildir folders at
> home; will offlineimap copy it up to the IMAP server?  (So far, I've only
> tested with an empty local directory.)

Yes, if a folder by the same name exists on the IMAP server.

> Third question: I also have another email account which I can only access
> with POP3, and is delivered into my Maildir by exim.  Will offlineimap
> pick up those new messages and sync them up to my ISP's IMAP server?

Yes.

Also I should advise you that between each test you perform, you should blow
away both your test maildir hierarchy and your ~/.offlineimap directory to
make sure there are no weird interactions.

-- John