Re: backup and synchronize to fastmail

[Asheesh Laroia <asheesh@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 15 May 2008, Alejandro Jakubi wrote:

> On Thu, 15 May 2008, Vincent Beffara wrote:
>
>> Well if you have full shell access to the machine, you could use screen,=20
>> run offlineimap within it (and type your password then) and then detach=20
>> the screen session. Offlineimap will not think that it is in the=20
>
> I have thought about this kind of things, though I have never used them. I
> find it as an option if it is not posible to make it with a bit of scripting
> or something like that.
>
> Any experience with offlineimap under screen?

That's what I do for the unattended "sort of continuous" offlineimap jobs 
I run.  It works great, but I admit I never read anything but the 
most recent part of the log.

-- Asheesh.

-- 
You mean you didn't *know* she was off making lots of little phone companies?