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--- doc:appunti:linux:sa:offlineimap3_nametrans [2024/03/22 11:15] – [offlineimap3 IMAP syncronization: nametrans] niccolo
+++ doc:appunti:linux:sa:offlineimap3_nametrans [2024/03/22 11:23] (current) – [The configuration file] niccolo
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 :!: **NOTICE**: The translated name of a sub-subfolder contains the original **directory separator** (.e.g. ''.Archives/2013''), this is OK because offlineimap3 is aware of the differencies in directory separator from the IMAP surce (the "/" is detected automatically) and the destination Mailird ("." is the default). So the destination folder is correctly created as ''.Archives.2013''.
+===== The configuration file =====
+This is the overall **offlineimap.conf** file:
+<file>
+[general]
+accounts = CopyFromIMAP
+[Account CopyFromIMAP]
+remoterepository = OldServer
+localrepository = NewServer
+[Repository OldServer]
+type = IMAP
+nametrans = lambda foldername: re.sub(r'^\.INBOX$', '', '.' + re.sub(r'^INBOX/', '', foldername.replace('.', '_')))
+remotehost = mail.oldserver.com
+remoteuser = username@oldserver.com
+remotepass = MySecret
+createfolders = False
+[Repository NewServer]
+type = Maildir
+localfolders = /home/username/Maildir
+</file>
+Notice the ''createfolders = False'' for the source IMAP server. As explained above the syncronization is uni-directional from IMAP to Maildir, so we avoid to propagate directories backward.
+To run the command with some debugging:
+<code>
+offlineimap -1 -c ./offlineimap.conf -d imap,maildir -l offlineimap.log
+</code>
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