On Thu, December 19, 2013 09:07, Cameron Simpson wrote: > On 18Dec2013 20:46, Chris Down <ch...@chrisdown.name> wrote: >> On 2013-12-18 13:38:27 +0100, Matthias Apitz wrote: >> > Is there some config example about how to fetch with fetchmail or >> mutt, >> > some mails (2000) from my IMAP server to a local mbox, but without >> using >> > a local MTA, as fetchmail normaly does? Or is this even possible with >> > mutt itself (ofc with marking 2000 mails and after this storing them >> to >> > a local folder); >> >> If I understood you correctly, take a look at offlineimap[0], >> mailsync[1], or isync[2] (disclaimer: I have not used any except for >> offlineimap, and that was a long time ago). >> >> 0: http://offlineimap.org/ >> 1: http://mailsync.sourceforge.net/ >> 2: http://isync.sourceforge.net/ > > Or, you could just use mutt as he asked. > > Invoke mutt pointed at the IMAP server and push the required keystrokes > to tag every message and then save tagged messages to a local folder. > > Easy peasey. > > To help you on your way, here is my mutt invocation from my "mboxify" > script which packs up a Maildir folder into an mbox folder (I use > it for archiving active folders): > > mutt -n -F /dev/null -f "$mailbox" -e "set sort=mailbox-order; set > confirmappend=no; set delete=yes; push > '<tag-pattern>.<enter><tag-prefix><save-message>$mailboxtmp<enter><sync-mailbox><exit>'" > > For your purposes you would set $mailbox to the IMAP server and > $mailboxtmp to the local folder (full file pathname to a local > folder, to be unambiguous). > > Adapt to suit. Feel free to ask questions.
I use a slight variation, for converting mailboxes using a custom .muttrc file. I have documented in German in an old blog entry here: http://blog.256bit.org/archives/345-Mutt-als-Mailbox-Konvertierer.html Best, Christian
