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On 1/21/19 8:31 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 21/01/2019 15.49, Liam Proven wrote:
(Not "unfortunately" because I don't want to agree with Carlos! "Unfortunately" because I like Thunderbird -- it's my favourite MUA.)
LOL! :-))
;-)
In your case, it could be a single local imap server.
Well, it could, but still there are issues. [1] I run it at home. That means I need to open ports through the firewall, which isn't mine. It means I need to leave a machine on all day, which I usually don't. And there's the distinct possibility of power outages etc. And I have to maintain an internet-facing server, which I guess I have most of the skills to do but don't want to be continually monitoring for exploits, etc. [2] I run it on a host on the Net somewhere. That means paying more, plus all the issues of maintenance etc. complicated by not being on-site. [3] I find some other way of doing it in "the cloud", meaning I pay _and_ I have to trust someone somewhere to host it, keep the instance maintained and current, etc. Or I use Google, which is free, has an excellent web interface, syncs transparently with all my devices, and basically Just Works™ better than anything else I know. So I use Google.
For syncing in one direction only from gmail to your machine, "imapsync" would work, although I haven't tested in that situation.
I will look into that.
Gmail is, er, special.
It is. This is both good and bad.
Gmail does not use folders. It would put everything on the same folder on sync.
I don't know about imapsync but to a conventional IMAP client, its tags appear as folders. And you can nest tags, just to 2 levels but that is all I need.
<https://imapsync.lamiral.info/FAQ.d/FAQ.Gmail.txt>
Wow. See this one:
«Q. How many days does it take to transfer X GB?
R. Basically it takes X days to transfer X GB per account. Gmail has usage limits per day and use throttlers when they are overtaken»
That sounds about right. :-( A pain with MUAs, no issue with Google clients or the web.
My case is totally different. I get new mail from gmail and others using fetchmail, then process is and store under dovecot.
I use Gmail to consolidate all my other accounts. Currently, it collects from my 28-year-old CIX account, my 23-year-old Hotmail and AOL accounts, and my I-can't-remember-but-old Yahoo account.
I feel unable to handle mail on my tablet for long. A family post or two, with the gmail app.
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