* [sup-talk] Gmail and OfflineIMAP
@ 2008-10-14 21:52 fedzor
2008-10-14 22:04 ` William Morgan
2008-10-14 22:06 ` Paul Hinze
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From: fedzor @ 2008-10-14 21:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
Hey,
I love sup. I first started using it ~ 0.3 with Gmail, but had to
stop because Gmail was causing sup to crash unexpectedly (it also
made it impossible to handle large amounts of email). But like I
said, I love sup. I want it back in my life. I'm tired of being a
wannabe command line junkie - I want to be a REAL command line
junkie. Thus, I'm looking at my options again.
I'm thinking of using OfflineIMAP. Apparently it's fast (er than
imap), and will allow me to send email offline (like offline git
commits?). But how do I do this? How can I set it up?
Thanks,
------------------------------------------
~ ari
About the use of language: it is impossible to sharpen a pencil with
a blunt axe. It is equally vain to try to do it with ten blunt axes
instead.
Edsger Dijkstra
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* [sup-talk] Gmail and OfflineIMAP
2008-10-14 21:52 [sup-talk] Gmail and OfflineIMAP fedzor
@ 2008-10-14 22:04 ` William Morgan
2008-10-14 23:53 ` Nicolas Pouillard
2008-10-14 22:06 ` Paul Hinze
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From: William Morgan @ 2008-10-14 22:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
Reformatted excerpts from fedzor's message of 2008-10-14:
> I'm thinking of using OfflineIMAP. Apparently it's fast (er than
> imap), and will allow me to send email offline (like offline git
> commits?). But how do I do this? How can I set it up?
A couple people have done this, and it seems to be the only real
workable solution to get reasonable speed with Sup. (IMAP's fault, not
Sup's, IMO.)
I've never used it personally, but there should be a couple people on
the list who could give you pointers. Also check the archives; I believe
it's been discussed quite a bit in the past.
--
William <wmorgan-sup at masanjin.net>
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* [sup-talk] Gmail and OfflineIMAP
2008-10-14 21:52 [sup-talk] Gmail and OfflineIMAP fedzor
2008-10-14 22:04 ` William Morgan
@ 2008-10-14 22:06 ` Paul Hinze
[not found] ` <1F15520C-69CA-4E56-8B37-A6C43E710C3B@gmail.com>
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From: Paul Hinze @ 2008-10-14 22:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
fedzor <fedzor at gmail.com> on 2008-10-14 at 16:58:
> I love sup. I first started using it ~ 0.3 with Gmail, but had to stop
> because Gmail was causing sup to crash unexpectedly (it also made it
> impossible to handle large amounts of email). But like I said, I love sup.
> I want it back in my life. I'm tired of being a wannabe command line
> junkie - I want to be a REAL command line junkie. Thus, I'm looking at my
> options again.
>
> I'm thinking of using OfflineIMAP. Apparently it's fast (er than imap),
I too am lurking while sup goes through its early development phases.
In the meantime I use GMail and OfflineIMAP and other than the
occassional bug out from OfflineIMAP things have been working pretty
smoothly for a couple of months. It's much faster than IMAP, especially
with my mua of choice: mutt.
> and will allow me to send email offline (like offline git commits?).
No, you still send mail using GMail's SMTP server. It will sync back
any changes you make to the folder structure though.
> how do I do this? How can I set it up?
I figured it out from this link:
http://soren.overgaard.org/2007/12/15/backing-up-gmail-using-offlineimap/
Good luck!
Paul
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* [sup-talk] Gmail and OfflineIMAP
2008-10-14 22:04 ` William Morgan
@ 2008-10-14 23:53 ` Nicolas Pouillard
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From: Nicolas Pouillard @ 2008-10-14 23:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
Excerpts from William Morgan's message of Wed Oct 15 00:04:46 +0200 2008:
> Reformatted excerpts from fedzor's message of 2008-10-14:
> > I'm thinking of using OfflineIMAP. Apparently it's fast (er than
> > imap), and will allow me to send email offline (like offline git
> > commits?). But how do I do this? How can I set it up?
>
> A couple people have done this, and it seems to be the only real
> workable solution to get reasonable speed with Sup. (IMAP's fault, not
> Sup's, IMO.)
I fetch GMail emails using POP (mpop) and then use sup with a single
huge mbox. Most of the times performances are correct, the drawback being
the lack of GMail back sync.
Regards,
--
Nicolas Pouillard aka Ertai
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* [sup-talk] Gmail and OfflineIMAP
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@ 2008-10-15 1:13 ` Paul Hinze
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From: Paul Hinze @ 2008-10-15 1:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
fedzor <fedzor at gmail.com> on 2008-10-14 at 17:14:
>
> On Oct 14, 2008, at 6:06 PM, Paul Hinze wrote:
>> I too am lurking while sup goes through its early development phases.
>> In the meantime I use GMail and OfflineIMAP and other than the
>> occassional bug out from OfflineIMAP things have been working pretty
>> smoothly for a couple of months. It's much faster than IMAP,
>> especially
>> with my mua of choice: mutt.
>
> Wait, where does sup come into play if you're using mutt? I'm confused as
> to what "Sup as a Service" really means.
Using the instructions linked in my previous email will allow you to use
offlineimap to mirror GMail account locally in Maildir format. AFAICT,
you could then use sup, which supports Maildir as a source, to read and
search through your mail.
Hope this helps,
Paul
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