Re: destination/maildir: Manuals seem to use different standards / how to configure correctly?

Hi Peter,

Yes, if you have delete = false you can make many different test runs
without making any changes to the source IMAP server. For your initial
tests, use something like:

message_log_verbose = true
verbose = 2
message_log = ~/.getmail/log

max_messages_per_session = 10

delete = false
read_all = true


Once you're happy with the way getmail/dovecot_lda/sieve is working, turn
down the logging, remove max_messages_per_session and set delete = true.
Takes a few reads of the various bits of documentation, but these tools
work really well together.

--Larry


On Sun, Jul 8, 2018 at 4:34 AM, Peter Nabbefeld <[email protected]>
wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> syncing isn't a solution, as I want to remove all my messages from the
> provider's server, when I'm ready, so offlineimap and imapsync won't help.
> getmail's maildir shall be used by dovecot as "mail buffer".
>
> I've noticed the following two options:
> * read_all (boolean) — if set, getmail retrieves all available messages.
> If unset, getmail only retrieves messages it has not seen before. Default:
> True.
> * delete (boolean) — if set, getmail will delete messages after retrieving
> and successfully delivering them. If unset, getmail will leave messages on
> the server after retrieving them. Default: False.
>
> If I understand that correctly, this is exactly what I'd expect for a "dry
> run", when using defaults: Just copy but change nothing (with the exception
> of some headers after receiving).
>
> Kind regards
>
> Peter
>
>
>
>
> Am 07.07.2018 um 15:05 schrieb RW:
>
>> On Sat, 7 Jul 2018 09:44:42 +0200
>> Peter Nabbefeld wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I'm trying to setup a dovecot installation with getmail and found
>>> these instructions:
>>>
>>> 1.
>>> http://pyropus.ca/software/getmail/configuration.html#destin
>>> ation-maildir
>>> using "~/Maildir/"
>>>
>>> 2. https://wiki2.dovecot.org/HowTo/TriggerGetmailOnIMAPAccess
>>>      using "~/.maildir"
>>>
>>> 3. Using Arch Linux, I've set "mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir" in
>>> "/etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-mail.conf" as advised in their wiki.
>>>
>>> As these folder names seem having to do with storage format, I don't
>>> want just to guess, so which variant would be correct?
>>>
>> It doesn't matter, unless there's something else that cares.
>>
>>
>> Just to make sure, I'm using the correct toolset:
>>>
>>> I want to move all my mail documents off of my provider (GMX), and I
>>> want everything to be stored locally. So I want getmail to fetch
>>> everything, including folder structure
>>>
>> getmail doesn't do that itself, but you might be able to get
>> dovecot sieve to read the folder name from the
>> X-getmail-retrieved-from-mailbox header and file automatically
>> creating missing folders as it goes. It would rely on some sieve
>> extensions that I don't use, so I'm not sure.
>>
>> Alternately there are IMAP syncing programs, such as offlineimap and
>> imapsync, that can sync directly to the maildir folders or through imap.
>> Note that there is no standard for creating maildir subfolders so, if
>> you sync directly make sure that any such program creates them in a way
>> that they can be read by dovecote.
>>
>> If you just a one-off transfer from the remote imap server to the
>> local imap server it might be easier to just use a mail client to move
>> the mail manually - and then switch to getmail for new mail.
>>
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