If I only used 1 system to read my email, I would use getmail. I used to use fetchmail, but I access gmail on my phone, my laptop, as well as desktop.
On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 4:22 PM Rich Pieri <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, 31 Aug 2020 15:56:15 -0400 > Randy Cole <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I also need to download all my gmail emails as I am bumping quota > > constantly (since I am a pack rat) and cannot get it configured to > > work! Used to use Eudora with gmail IMAP4 & it worked swell, but that > > has all been obsoleted. Preference is to store stuff in > > non-proprietary format, download all attachments, and retain folder > > structure and original mailbox header (as i forward my spam to my > > main email). I think I most recently tried getmail with no joy. > > This getmail configuration has been working for me for at least a few > years. getmail because it has the delete_after option to prune old mail > (last I knew fetchmail does not have an option like this). procmail is > configured to use Dovecot's deliver program but you can also have > getmail deliver directly to Maildirs or mbox files instead. > > Reading and sending mail I mostly use Sylpheed. > > [options] > read_all = False > delete_after = 7 > verbose = 0 > message_log = ~/.getmail/[email protected] > message_log_verbose = False > > [retriever] > type = SimpleIMAPSSLRetriever > server = imap.gmail.com > username = [email protected] > password = XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX > port = 993 > > [destination] > type = MDA_external > path = /usr/bin/procmail > > -- > Rich Pieri > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- -- Jerry Feldman <[email protected]> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 6F6BB6E7 Key fingerprint: 0EDC 2FF5 53A6 8EED 84D1 3050 5715 B88D 6F6B B6E7 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
