Re: [sup-talk] Gmail question

[Joel Esler <jesler@sourcefire.com>]

On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 06:45:14PM -0500, Ben Walton wrote:
> Excerpts from William Morgan's message of Mon Dec 21 11:56:19 -0500 2009:
> 
> > I believe that Gmail exposes those types of things to IMAP clients as
> > IMAP folders with funny names. (If you see these messages in Sup's
> > inbox, then I am wrong about that.)
> 
> Yes, it definitely does.  I had to migrate 300+ accounts out of gmail
> via IMAP.  If you're doing offlineimap for this task, I'd suggest
> mapping each 'folder' to a separate Maildir and, if possible, use hard
> links for messages that land in multiple 'folders.'  An md5sum of the
> headers is the heuristic I used to detect this.
> 
> >   sup-add imaps://imap.gmail.com/%5BGmail%5D%2FSent+Mail
> >   sup-add imaps://imap.gmail.com/%5BGmail%5D%2Flabelname
> 
> Depending on the age and 'type' of account, you may also see things
> like .../%5BGoogle%20%5B%2Flabelname.
> 
> > Anyone more familiar with Gmail+Sup, please correct me if I'm wrong.
> 
> I don't use sup for any of my gmail needs, this is all based on my
> export experience.
> 
> HTH.
> -Ben
> -- 
> Ben Walton
> Systems Programmer - CHASS
> University of Toronto
> C:416.407.5610 | W:416.978.4302
> 
> GPG Key Id: 8E89F6D2; Key Server: pgp.mit.edu
> Contact me to arrange for a CAcert assurance meeting.


Ben -- Your key isn't verifying correctly -- btw.

I tried this on a couple folders.  Sup can't load the 53000+ emails I have in one label.  I'll have to stick with Mutt for now.  But I like sup's concept of threading.


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Joel Esler | 302-223-5974 | gtalk: jesler@sourcefire.com
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