On 01/12/12 at 10:34pm, Tim Gray wrote: > On Jan 12, 2012 at 06:30 PM -0800, Tracy Reed wrote: > >I can't forward all email to one account but pulling it all down to one > >location with offlineimap is a possibility. I'm just concerned about not > >being > >able to access my mail with my iphone if I pull it all down and delete it > >from > >the server. > > Offlineimap doesn't delete email from the server. It's a > bidirectional sync. So you can still check it on your iPhone. In > fact, any changes you make to the account in mutt will propagate > back to the server. > > So you could use offlineimap for all of your accounts. The > advantage of offlineimap over using regular imap is that you have > access to your mail when not connected to a network. Any changes > you make to your mail while your offline will be synced the next > time you connect. > > I guess it would also give you some ability to filter your mail if > you use a program like maildirproc[1]. It's a bit fiddly but should > work. However, I think imapfilter is more robust and has more > features.
I'm using offlineimap with both Gmail and my work IMAP account. It works very well. There's a good guide here for getting started with offlineimap for mutt: http://is.gd/pc8FlS This guide also covers how to work with two imap accounts in mutt. The setup is very similar to mine and very functional. > > [1]: http://joel.rosdahl.net/maildirproc/ -- //Christian Dysthe
