Re: Downloading custom folder from gmail

Alec,

When I was initially setting up getmail with Gmail and I had a lot of mail
that I wanted to move, I used max_messages_per_session to limit the number
of messages downloaded, and then just ran it multiple times. Getmail wasn't
failing, I just felt it reasonable to limit the size of the batches I was
downloading. This might be of use in your case as well.

--Larry

On Sun, Jul 22, 2018 at 10:18 AM, Long black coat <[email protected]>
wrote:

>
>
> 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
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected]
> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
>
>


-- 
Larry Fahnoe, Fahnoe Technology Consulting, [email protected]
           Minneapolis, Minnesota       www.FahnoeTech.com