Am 26.06.2013 12:41, schrieb Tom Atkins: > Sorry if this is a bit off topic but I'm hoping list members here might > have some ideas. > > Aim: use ISP provided email with restricted inbox size but keep an IMAP > accessible archive of emails (including 'sent' messages) on a remote server. > > Scenario: > > - Don't want to run my own SMTP server > - Have free ISP email with 1Gb mailbox limit and spam filtering that works > well > - Have remote server with plenty of disk space > - Want to use remote server for IMAP access to archive of email to avoid > 1Gb ISP mailbox limit > > Options I tried: > > 1. Use ISP email via IMAP and periodically backup / archive messages to > remote server with something like mbsync / isync to maildir format. Delete > old messages on ISP server safe in knowledge they are backed up on my > server. QUESTION: how to access those archives via IMAP (read only is OK)? > > 2. Use ISP email for sending messages only. Use Getmail / Fetchmail to move > messages to remote server and run Dovecot there. I tried using Getmail to > do this but couldn't figure out how to keep copies of 'Sent' and 'Draft' > messages if the email client was configured to read via IMAP on one server > and send via SMTP to another server. > > Any thoughts on how best to achieve my aims?
you must not use getmail ( however it should work too ) , you can always use imapsync sorry only german but tec details should be understandable anyway http://sys4.de/de/blog/2013/04/12/abholdienst-fur-mail/ http://sys4.de/de/blog/2013/04/26/mail-migration-mit-imapsync/ > > Thanks, Tom. > Best Regards MfG Robert Schetterer -- [*] sys4 AG http://sys4.de, +49 (89) 30 90 46 64 Franziskanerstraße 15, 81669 München Sitz der Gesellschaft: München, Amtsgericht München: HRB 199263 Vorstand: Patrick Ben Koetter, Axel von der Ohe, Marc Schiffbauer Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender: Florian Kirstein
