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On 2007-01-27T10:54+0000 Simon Avery wrote: > > AFAIK google mail only do POP... > > Shame really. All I want is a way to get my mail off Gmail for my own personal backups. If POP allows me to retrieve all my archives including sent mail, i'll be very happy. > To answer first message - fetchmail using pop3 from gmail to a local > folder, and run an imapd (I like Dovecot) there? Eh? I do know with Gmail you can forward emails. I forward all my mail to another address hosted at DreamHost which I use mutt (IMAP) with. > Don't know if gmail would allow you to "Delete mail from server" given > that's not their policy. There is no need to delete emails. In fact I am afraid of POP as it has in the past stupidly deleted emails (unlike IMAP with offlineimap). -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html