Re: Best way to configure backup?

["T. Joseph Carter" <carter.tjoseph@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'd agree with fetchmail.  Tell it to back up your All Mail folder 
and to keep messages it downloads on the server.

Joseph

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On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 08:39:20PM -0500, Paul Hinze wrote:
>On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 4:56 PM, Kenneth Pronovici <pronovic@xxxxxxxx> wrot=
>e:
>> I want a one-way pull, not a two-way sync. =A0I just want my backup
>> to include the latest gmail state. =A0In particular, I want to make sure =
>that
>> changes in the backup (which would always be inadvertent) never
>> get propagated to gmail.
>
>AFAIK, two-way sync is central to offlineimap's design; there might be
>a way to configure it to do only one way, but I'll leave that to those
>who know more than me. :)
>
>My suggestion is this: rather than trying to work around the main
>behavior of offlineimap, you might be better served looking into
>something that does one-way sync as its primary task.  I would
>recommend looking into fetchmail [1] [2]; it's something I used for a
>time to do just what you say--backup a GMail account.
>
>I'm sure there is a way to get offlineimap to suit your needs, but I'm
>just not sure if it's the right tool for the job you're looking for.
>Others on this list, feel free to disagree. :)
>
>Cheers,
>
>Paul
>
>[1] fetchmail homepage: http://fetchmail.berlios.de/
>[2] "what is fetchmail and why should i bother?":
>http://fetchmail.berlios.de/fetchmail-FAQ.html#G1
>
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