ImapArchiver is a tool which can be used to save the all imap account into a local directory/archive. The ideal objective is to used it with cron to automatically make a back up of your imap account
ImapGrab is a cli and gui program (written in Python) that allows you to log into an IMAP server, list mailboxes, and download selected mailboxes to mbox or maildir files. It requires getmail 4.8.2 or higher. The gui requires PyGtk 2.0 or higher.
A system for filtering messages from your IMAP inbox on-demand. Filters are defined in an XML file. Matching messages can be moved, copied, or deleted. This is all independant of your choice of email client, as long as you use IMAP.