On 12/16/16, Julie Marchant <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm pretty sure Gmail has an option to ignore emails before a certain > point for POP3.
yeah i came across that when enabling imap last night > I don't know about IMAP, though. it doesn't > Is there a particular reason you're using IMAP rather than POP? from what i understand it's a far better protocol. POP3 if i recall correctly, if you want to get even just the most recent messages you have to get EVERYTHING. there's absolutely no practical way i can grab 9.8gb of mail each time. IMAP4 has a means to tell you which messages are most recent, it has UIDs per message... it's basically designed for synchronisation. > You > could very easily just download the new emails, leave them on the Gmail > server, and delete them from your computer when you're done with them at > the moment (with some custom settings on Gmail and/or on your email > client). i need access to the full ten years of history of the messages that i've sent and received: it's proved invaluable numerous times. so deleting is not an option. also, it's simply flat-out impractical to consider at this point. OfflineImapError: Server 'imap.gmail.com' closed connection, error on SELECT '[Gmail]/Important'. Server said: command: EXAMINE => socket error: <type 'exceptions.IOError'> - Too many read 0 ... gotta love that... :) so the combination of "need offline access" with "deleting impractical and undesirable" basically means "use IMAP because it's designed specifically for sychronisation. offlineimap does *two way* synchronisation, so everything i write on the laptop will be *uploaded* to gmail, so that i can continue to use gmail in unusual circumstances. later, once i'm confident with this setup, i can increase the hard drive space on my server, replicate the synchronisation, and shut down the gmail account (or turn it into a redirector). l. _______________________________________________ arm-netbook mailing list [email protected] http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook Send large attachments to [email protected]
