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To: offlineimap@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Use case for offlineimap
From: luzer poor <poorluzer@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 19:16:59 +0530

Hi,
I want some feedback from you guys (tell me if I can do the following hassle
free using offlineimap)
My requirements are as follows:

I want to migrate emails tagged with labels m1, m2 and d67 from
abc@xxxxxxxxx to xyz@xxxxxxxxx.

In case the tool downloads all mails from source mailbox to local machine,
then I would also like to keep a local backup (on the hard disc) as well
which I would later write to a DVD etc.

1. The labels should stay intact (I don't think it will be a big problem in
case the timestamps gets messed up - I should be able to get the timestamps
from mail content/body anyways), but I guess it would be nice if it would be
possible to also preserve timestamps (would keep the ordering of
conversations correct methinks).

2. Attachments should not be dropped or mails should not get
mutilated/truncated/misencoded.

3. I would be happy if the method used IMAP than POP3.

4. I would be even more happy if the upload/download (transfer) is done
directly between servers rather than me downloading the mails locally and
then uploading them. (Unfortunately, this does not seem to be possible
without using a 3rd party server of some sort)

A quick yes/no/gotcha/watchout would be good enough :-)




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