Hello, I'm using fetchmail+procmail+mutt with pop3 for my gmail accounts. I'm also not deleting messages that are being downloaded from gmail. However, is there any way to sync up my local image and the one on gmail? I mean, if I read/delete a message on my local box, then the corresponding message should also be read/deleted on gmail. I know that imap is a better alternative for that; however, before I start using imap, I have the following doubts: 1. can I d'load the mails permanently so that they may be accessible offline too? 2. I think I can do the above if I use mutt directly with imap instead of going through fetchmail, but then how do I filter messages (how do I use procmail in this setup) 3. even if I use mutt directly, will mutt sync back with gmail?
I know that one can use thunderbird/kmail to do this kind of stuff. my query is how does one do this using fetchmail+procmail+mutt?
Thanks...
On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 08:17:51AM +0530, Pradnyesh Sawant wrote:
I know that imap is a better alternative for that; however, before I start using imap, I have the following doubts:
- can I d'load the mails permanently so that they may be accessible
offline too?
Yes.
- I think I can do the above if I use mutt directly with imap instead of
going through fetchmail, but then how do I filter messages (how do I use procmail in this setup)
Good question. One way I would suggest is to dump the messages to an mbox and run formail on it to make it pass through procmail.
- even if I use mutt directly, will mutt sync back with gmail?
Yes.
I know that one can use thunderbird/kmail to do this kind of stuff. my query is how does one do this using fetchmail+procmail+mutt?
I haven't done it myself, but I have seen people do this sort of thing. Sorry if I am not of much help, but I'd love to hear whether you find some way better than the way I suggested above to get this done.
Thanks!
Kumar
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Pradnyesh Sawant