Re: Downloading custom folder from gmail

On Sun, 22 Jul 2018 13:14:49 +1200, Roland Hill <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Fri, 20 Jul 2018 or thereabouts, Charles Cazabon came forth with:
> 
> > Long black coat <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Here's my question: Is there a way of downloading a specific custom folder
> > > from a gmail account? 
> > 
> > Yes.
> > 
> > > mailboxes = ("Inbox", "0000temp") 
> > 
> > This type of thing will work.
> > 
> > > but all give 
> > > 
> > > mailbox [Gmail]/0000temp not selectable ([Gmail]/0000temp) - verify the
> > > mailbox exists and you have sufficient permissions
> > 
> > That means you're not providing the correct IMAP folder name in the above
> > configuration.  I have no way of telling what your IMAP server (Gmail, in this
> > case) expects the folder name to be.  You should be able to ferret that out of
> > the Gmail interfaces/settings pages somewhere.  If not, try asking Gmail for
> > support.
> 
> I can't remember how I ascertained this correct folder as it's been a
> while, but this is an extract from my rc file:
> 
> [retriever]
> type = SimpleIMAPSSLRetriever
> server = imap.gmail.com
> port = 993
> username = redacted
> password = redacted
> mailboxes = ("[Gmail]/All Mail","INBOX")
> 
> Hope this helps in some way.
> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> 
> Roland
> 
> GPG Key 0xA29C138 = 7ECC 2D71 0BD7 6390 D3A4  386F B57C A96E A29C 0138

Thanks Roland. 

I've tried that and it seemed to be working well. I have about 88,000 emails on gmail and getmail says it retrieved 37365. I got a very long error message ending with

.....
Retrieval error: server for SimpleIMAPSSLRetriever:[email protected]:993 is broken; offered message 651568775/145673 but failed to provide it.  Please notify the administrator of the server.  Skipping message...
  37365 messages (2321413315 bytes) retrieved, 0 skipped
IMAP error during logout (socket error: [SSL: BAD_LENGTH] bad length (_ssl.c:1824))
Summary:
Retrieved 37365 messages (2321413315 bytes) from SimpleIMAPSSLRetriever:[email protected]:993

I'll try running again with the same rc file, hoping it will retrieve all the msgs not previously retrieved. 

Can't be sure whether it was getmail that failed because of the number of emails, or whether the internet connection failed. Was working inside university that manages the gmail account from late Saturday to early Sunday morning, so a commercial isp wasn't involved. 

Thanks again, 

Alec