On Tue, 3 Jun 2003 12:36:52 +0200 Joerg Johannes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is there a way to get a local copy of those mails, so that I > can read them weh I'm offline, too (and archive them on a backup CD)? I use fetchmail to dump my imap mail into my local spool via exim. I then have it locally available to sort with Sylpheed's filters . Here's how I do it: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~]$ cat .bash_profile <snip> if [[ `pgrep fetchmail` == "" ]]; then fetchmail -d 30; fi . .bashrc [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~]$ cat .fetchmailrc poll mail.4cls.org with proto IMAP user 'ddofton' password '*********' folders main ipswitch keep -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]