Re: [Evolution] How to easily archive imap email

[Reid Thompson <Reid Thompson ateb com>]

grabbed from the web... some options.. others are likely available


Mailbox synchronization

Use imapsync to copy the messages. It requires that you install Perl. See this
web page for a writeup with screen shots.
Use MailSync . It is designed for a Unix/Linux like operating system though you
may be able to run it under Windows if you also install cygwin. Its written in C
so you don't need to install an interpreter such as Perl or Python.
Use offlineimap . It is designed for a Unix/Linux like operating system though
"With some fiddling, it reportedly ran under Windows as well".
isync. Its also known as mbsync. Not to be confused with Apple's iSync program
for mobile phones. It supports IMAP and Maildir mailboxes.
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IMAP backup

Use a Python script such as Imap Backup Tool to backup the folders as mbox,
mbox.gz, or mbox.bz2 files. It supports incremental copying from any/all
folders. It doesn't backup IMAP flags (tags). IMAPSave is another one. It only
stores the messages in mbox files and does not do incremental backups. Both of
these programs only do backup, but you could use the ImportExportTools add-on to
import the mbox files.
imap2maildir is a Python script [1] to backup a IMAP mailbox to maildir files.
If you are using Linux or OS X you could use fetchmail and procmail to backup a
IMAP mailbox to mbox or maildir files.