Questions about imap (Internet Message Access Protocol) and programs such as email clients that can use the imap protocol for receiving email from mail servers.
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What can I use to automate backups of Gmail?
I'd like to automate the process of locally backing up my Gmail account, and am looking for a solution that:
can be scheduled to run in the background
does not cause messages to be marked as read
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Which email client works best with GMail IMAP?
I use GMail (and I use labels intensively) and because of having to use a very slow Internet connection now I've came to the idea that I should try using a desktop email client.
What application ...
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Evolution not showing latest email in my IMAP inbox
I've got an IMAP mail server running dovecot.
I use several different mail clients -- K-9 mail on my Nexus One, and RoundCube Webmail when I'm not on my main computer.
On my main computer, I use ...
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Setting up mailboxes for all users in a group
I have a group called users. It has many users.
Now I want every user in this group to have their own mailbox. So, for example, if john is such a user, then john@myserver.com is an e-mail address.
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Is there a Gnome applet for IMAP mail accounts?
In the spirit of this question: Is there an applet that will notify me of new messages in an IMAP mail account. (NOT a Gmail account)
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Thunderbird 14 does not work with gmail on Ubuntu 12.04
I have been attempting to set up Thunderbird from a default install of Ubuntu 12.04LTS Desktop. Attempting to click on the inbox gives:
The current operation on Inbox did not succeed. The mail server ...
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How do I stop Thunderbird from checking for new messages at startup?
I have recently switched to the habit of checking my email only twice a day -- one hour after I come to the office and one hour before I leave. Each time I have processed any received messages I close ...
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How to show unread IMAP mail count in Byobu
Byobu supports `mail notification':
mail - system mail for the current user; the letter '[M]' is displayed
in the lower bar toward the left in black text on a grey background
How could system mail ...
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Evolution slow when sending mail or switching between components
I'm fighting with Evolution. Basically it's working fine -- but it is very slow to react in certain situations.
Helper questions
Could it be that changing away from Bonobo has to do with ...
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Disable [Google Mail] (all mail) folders in Evolution
My gmail account is properly set up and shows a list of folders, Inbox, Drafts, etc. But it has an additional folder all [Google Mail] and in it I can see All Mail, Spam, etc. I want to disable it and ...
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How to avoid Thunderbird exceeding email account bandwidth limit?
Since a fresh install of Ubuntu 12.10 I get messages from Thunderbird that my
email account has exceeded bandwidth limits. I use IMAP access my email and I have never had this problem before but I ...
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How to manage multiple imap accounts with mutt
I love mutt, and the mutt version shipped with Ubuntu is awesome (it even has a patched version), the only caveat I've found so far it's that I had not been able to manage several imap accounts at the ...
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Is there a way to “merge” a virtual folder and a real one in evolution?
As I understand Evolution mixes two kinds of folders in its mail folders pane:
real folders (that exist on the server)
virtual folders (e.g. messages marked for deletion are grouped in a virtual ...
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Blank mails problem in thunderbird
I have configure gmail IMAP account in thunderbird (10.0.2) on UBUNTU 11.04.
All things was working fine, one day i found blank mails in my local sub folder which have filter to download mail from ...
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How to prevent thunderbird gmail/IMAP from marking deleted/archived emails as read
I have thunderbird setup to use gmail IMAP. I followed the various guides that recommend setting Edit->Account Settings->Server Settings->When I delete a message->Remove it immediately. Unfortunately ...
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Showing files in kmail
Hi
I added my IMAP mailbox in kmail, but I see that it show me all the files on the remote home directory where the IMAP server is stored.
Is it possible to show only folders cointaing mails? I ...
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Mail Server: system requirements
I want to create a mail server for personal use. It will be used mainly by me and possibly some family members.
The system load will be in the order of 5-10 IMAP mailboxes, all for "human" use: no ...
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Xubuntu Mail Watcher (XFCE Plugin) Won't Connect To IMAP
I am trying to get the XFCE Mail Watcher panel plugin to check my IMAP mail, but it won't connect to my server. I have entered the details correctly -- they're exactly the same as those I use in ...
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Thunderbird inbox still shows messages I moved to another imap folder with a different client
I'm using different clients to access my email by imap from diferent devices (PC, phone). When I move a message to my archive folder using my phone (using k9mail), the message remains in my inbox in ...
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Dovecot Install: “/usr/lib/dovecot/imap: No such file or directory”
I have set up postfix and am now attempting to set up dovecot. I did apt-get install dovecot-common
I have changed dovcot.conf to include the following
protocols = imap imaps
And I now get this ...
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How to delete an attachment in an email in Evolution?
I would like to delete attachments from the email in the email client Evolution (at the moment 3.2.3, Ubuntu 12.04), so my the size of the IMAP-folders will not be bloated and can be reduced.
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What is IMAP+? And how is it more advantageous over IMAP?
In Evolution there is an option for an 'IMAP+' server type. What is IMAP+?
I noticed, if I choose IMAP+ for gmail account, two extra options appear in the receiving option tab:
Use quick resync if ...
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Tool to transform webmail to imap
I have a problem. I work for a company that only provides webmail for users (admins tell it is for security blabla, i have no influence on that) Since I receive a lot of mails working with webmail is ...
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Time problem causes IMAP server to fail
I've had a problem with my system time, when I execute the following:
date && touch test && stat test
I get this result:
Sun Jan 22 17:52:07 MSK 2012
File: test
Size: 0 ...
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Is there a way to register a Gmail account into Online Accounts
I noticed today, while trying to develop an application for Ubuntu, that Online Accounts does not provide access to Gmail (I mean access to messages, like IMAP and SMTP), even though it clearly says ...
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Error Installing PHP 5.3.21 on Ubuntu 12.04
I'm trying to install PHP 5.3.21 on a Rackspace Cloud Server running Ubuntu 12.04 but I keep running into errors during configure. It keeps giving me the following error:
configure: error: Cannot ...
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How to move IMAP email from Rackspace to Google Apps using Ubuntu?
I'm trying to use imapcopy to move three IMAP email accounts from Rackspace to a new Google Apps account.
imapcopy doesn't work with SSL, so I'm using stunnel as described here:
In terminal A, open ...
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Courier-imap with sendmail setup: why is my IMAP inbox empty?
I've successfully installed sendmail, but when I connect to the Courier IMAP server via Outlook, the Inbox is listed as empty. When I check the inbox with Alpine locally on the server, it has content ...
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Hotmail, IMAP and Thunderbird
Is there a way to sync to my hotmail account via IMAP on Thunderbird? Because i am having trouble connecting via IMAP. But if i switch to POP3 everything works fine. Am i doing something wrong in the ...
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Thunderbird/Evolution cannot connect Gmail while Postler can!
I tried many possible ways and the instructions given by Google and Mozilla. But my Thunderbird cannot access to my Gmail.
I need ipv6 access in order to reach Google. And I have my /etc/hosts full ...
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IMAP: match Evolution's Wastebasket -folder to Mutt's Trash -folder?
I have IMAP Gmail account that uses something like Gmail-IMAP/Trash for Wastebasket but Evolution uses Wastebasket -dir by default. Alert terminology differs: directory is label in Gmail -terminology, ...
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thunderbird syncs all folders
Why does Thunderbird sync all folders? While I prefer Thunderbird to Evolution, the out of the box setting is inverted for me -- Evolution never did that. In Thunderbird, I had to manually unclick ...
