Improving Modest email sync reliability - Revision history

71.178.176.138: is to being => is being

2010-10-24T14:19:41Z

is to being => is being

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	== offlineimap to read emails when no network connection is available ==		== offlineimap to read emails when no network connection is available ==

	While one major advantage to IMAP protocol is to being able to directly and remotely access emails on an account, when you don't have any network connection, you just can't access them... A workaround is to use a tool like [http://wiki.github.com/jgoerzen/offlineimap/ OfflineIMAP], which can synchronize an IMAP account with a local maildir.		While one major advantage to IMAP protocol is being able to directly and remotely access emails on an account, when you don't have any network connection, you just can't access them... A workaround is to use a tool like [http://wiki.github.com/jgoerzen/offlineimap/ OfflineIMAP], which can synchronize an IMAP account with a local maildir.

	This sync occurs both ways: changes on IMAP account will propagate to maildir, changes on maildir will propagate to IMAP account. This ensure what you'll locally read will also be marked as read on the IMAP server.		This sync occurs both ways: changes on IMAP account will propagate to maildir, changes on maildir will propagate to IMAP account. This ensure what you'll locally read will also be marked as read on the IMAP server.

71.178.176.138: can => can't

2010-10-24T14:18:34Z

can => can't

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	== offlineimap to read emails when no network connection is available ==		== offlineimap to read emails when no network connection is available ==

	While one major advantage to IMAP protocol is to being able to directly and remotely access emails on an account, when you don't have any network connection, you just can access them... A workaround is to use a tool like [http://wiki.github.com/jgoerzen/offlineimap/ OfflineIMAP], which can synchronize an IMAP account with a local maildir.		While one major advantage to IMAP protocol is to being able to directly and remotely access emails on an account, when you don't have any network connection, you just can't access them... A workaround is to use a tool like [http://wiki.github.com/jgoerzen/offlineimap/ OfflineIMAP], which can synchronize an IMAP account with a local maildir.

	This sync occurs both ways: changes on IMAP account will propagate to maildir, changes on maildir will propagate to IMAP account. This ensure what you'll locally read will also be marked as read on the IMAP server.		This sync occurs both ways: changes on IMAP account will propagate to maildir, changes on maildir will propagate to IMAP account. This ensure what you'll locally read will also be marked as read on the IMAP server.

imported_>sirloon: /* Links */

2010-07-03T08:56:54Z

Links

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	== ~~Links~~ ==		== Where to find packages ? ==

			dovecot, muut, msmtp and offlineimap used to be available from the following links:

	* [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7090003/dovecot_1.2.11-1_armel.deb dovecot_1.2.11-1_armel.deb]		* [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7090003/dovecot_1.2.11-1_armel.deb dovecot_1.2.11-1_armel.deb]
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	* [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7090003/mutt_1.5.20-2_armel.deb mutt_1.5.20-2_armel.deb]		* [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7090003/mutt_1.5.20-2_armel.deb mutt_1.5.20-2_armel.deb]
	* [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7090003/offlineimap_6.2.1_all.deb offlineimap_6.2.1_all.deb]		* [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7090003/offlineimap_6.2.1_all.deb offlineimap_6.2.1_all.deb]

			I've also created and uploaded deb packages for dovecot and offlineimap to extra-devel repository for convenience. You should prefer install them from extra-devel, as these packages are cleaner and optified (they install in /opt, not in / rootfs).

imported_>sirloon: /* Adding dovecot IMAP server to let Modest accessing emails locally */

2010-07-03T08:53:48Z

Adding dovecot IMAP server to let Modest accessing emails locally

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	If only Modest could directly access our local maildir... Since it only support POP and IMAP account, we could install a local IMAP server, serving our maildir. Modest would then access this local IMAP server. This way, the remote sync part is delegated to offlineimap, while we can still use GUI front-ends. You'll still need to tell Modest to sync to the local maildir to check new emails. A short interval, 5 min, will ensure it'll be able to sync (since it's local, there's no network related issue anymore).		If only Modest could directly access our local maildir... Since it only support POP and IMAP account, we could install a local IMAP server, serving our maildir. Modest would then access this local IMAP server. This way, the remote sync part is delegated to offlineimap, while we can still use GUI front-ends. You'll still need to tell Modest to sync to the local maildir to check new emails. A short interval, 5 min, will ensure it'll be able to sync (since it's local, there's no network related issue anymore).

	So, there are many IMAP server out there, I found dovecot to be easy to package and use. ~~See end of page for a link~~ to ~~deb file~~. Install it as root		So, there are many IMAP server out there, I found dovecot to be easy to package and use. dovecot can be found in extra-devel (also optified to save rootfs space). Install it as root

	sudo gainroot		sudo gainroot
	~~dpkg~~ -~~i dovecot_1.2.11-1_armel.deb~~		apt-get install dovecot
	exit		exit

imported_>sirloon: /* offlineimap to read emails when no network connection is available */

2010-07-03T08:50:08Z

offlineimap to read emails when no network connection is available

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	This sync occurs both ways: changes on IMAP account will propagate to maildir, changes on maildir will propagate to IMAP account. This ensure what you'll locally read will also be marked as read on the IMAP server.		This sync occurs both ways: changes on IMAP account will propagate to maildir, changes on maildir will propagate to IMAP account. This ensure what you'll locally read will also be marked as read on the IMAP server.

	In order to use offlineimap, I had to get last sources including patches to select only emails not olders than X days. This will prevent getting all emails from the server (headers and bodies)... ~~You'll find a link at the end of this page~~ to ~~download a very quick & dirty deb package for offlineimap~~. Install it as root:		In order to use offlineimap, I had to get last sources including patches to select only emails not olders than X days. This will prevent getting all emails from the server (headers and bodies)... offlineimap package is available from extra-devel repository (optified to save some rootfs space). Install it as root:

	sudo gainroot		sudo gainroot
	~~dpkg~~ -~~i offlineimap_6.2.1_all.deb~~		apt-get install offlineimap
	exit		exit

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	<source lang="bash">		<source lang="bash">
	#!/bin/bash		#!/bin/bash
	~~PYTHONPATH=/scratchbox/tools/lib/python2.3/site-packages /scratchbox/tools/bin/~~offlineimap 2>&1 \| tee /tmp/offlineimap.log		offlineimap 2>&1 \| tee /tmp/offlineimap.log
	echo Last run: `/bin/date`		echo Last run: `/bin/date`
	</source>		</source>

213.47.63.66: /* modest & offlineimap "shortcut" */

2010-07-01T22:48:17Z

modest & offlineimap "shortcut"

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	Does anybody see a problem with this? It seems to work as it should.		Does anybody see a problem with this? It seems to work as it should.

			* it seems that modest sees new mails as new only when you enter the folder, not in the folder overview (which would mean that in the long run, having built-in offline storage is better)

	Gruss,		Gruss,

imported_>sirloon: /* modest & offlineimap "shortcut" */

2010-07-01T20:30:56Z

modest & offlineimap "shortcut"

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	Gruss,		Gruss,
	Christian		Christian


			I don't know if it's the best place to comment but I tried to symlink ~/Mail/... with ~/.modest/local_folders/ and there were troubles (modest trying to create directory again ? I can't remember for sure). But this is interesting and could remove unnecessary complexity with dovecot. I'll try this setup !

			Thanks & Cheers
			Seb

	[[Category:HowTo]]		[[Category:HowTo]]

213.47.63.66 at 20:19, 1 July 2010

2010-07-01T20:19:33Z

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	Seb		Seb

			== modest & offlineimap "shortcut" ==

			I am currently experimenting with this setup:

			* offlineimap synchronizes normally (as above)
			* the local repository looks like this

			type = Maildir
			localfolders = ~/.modest/local_folders/

			* just to be safe, the remote repository does a nametrans: 'x' + foldername
			* the end result is, that I can see synchronized folders in modest

			Does anybody see a problem with this? It seems to work as it should.

			Gruss,
			Christian

	[[Category:HowTo]]		[[Category:HowTo]]

imported_>sirloon: /* offlineimap to read emails when no network connection is available */

2010-06-14T12:31:38Z

offlineimap to read emails when no network connection is available

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	accounts = GMail		accounts = GMail
	ui = Noninteractive.Basic		ui = Noninteractive.Basic
			socktimeout = 300

	[Account GMail]		[Account GMail]
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	console none		console none
	exec su user -c /home/user/bin/syncemail.sh		exec su user -c /home/user/bin/syncemail.sh
			post-stop script
			kill `cat /home/user/.offlineimap/pid`
			end script

	CAREFUL: in <code>syncemail.sh</code> script, offlinemap will log into <code>/tmp/offlineimap.log</code>. Since we're daemonizing it, it'll run indefinitely. This log file may become huge. When fully tested, you should remove "2>&1 \| tee /tmp/offlineimap.log" from syncemail.sh script.		CAREFUL: in <code>syncemail.sh</code> script, offlinemap will log into <code>/tmp/offlineimap.log</code>. Since we're daemonizing it, it'll run indefinitely. This log file may become huge. When fully tested, you should remove "2>&1 \| tee /tmp/offlineimap.log" from syncemail.sh script. Also, post-stop step is here to actually kill the offlineimap python script, else only the bash launcher, syncemail.sh, will be killed, not the python process it runs.

	So far so good, we have our emails synced. We can read them using mutt. Still, we may like to use a graphical front-end, fully integrated to N900 system (applet, widgets, contacts, etc...).		So far so good, we have our emails synced. We can read them using mutt. Still, we may like to use a graphical front-end, fully integrated to N900 system (applet, widgets, contacts, etc...).

imported_>amigadave: wikify slighty, add links

2010-06-14T09:35:29Z

wikify slighty, add links

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