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Re: [sup-talk] Archive Emails to Different Source



On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 9:39 AM, Mark Alexander <marka@pobox.com> wrote:
> I would recommend using fetchmail instead of offlineimap.  That way
> you are ensured that you have local copies of your email that won't
> get deleted, no matter what happens on your Exchange server.  I used
> offlineimap briefly because so many people on this mailing list said
> it was wonderful.  But when it started deleting messages that
> apparently other Outlook users had "recalled", I went back to
> fetchmail.
>
> I use fetchmail in combination with maildrop, which actually places
> the emails in maildir directories.  You can also use procmail instead
> of maildrop, though its configuration language is a bit obscure.

Thanks for the responses Mark and Philippe. My apologies for not
realizing the fact that it's an OfflineIMAP thing and not a Sup thing.

I'll look into the capabilities of OfflineIMAP a bit more, as well as
investigate fetchmail and maildrop/procmail.

--
Thanks!
Bryan
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