Re: Sync IMAP Mailboxes/Folders via ssh?

[Peter P. <pet...@fa...>]

* Marton Balazs <ba...@gm...> [2025-07-16 17:10]:
> I use three different machines and sync all my email between them by rsync
> over SSH, so as files rather than via isync. When I boot up a machine I
> rsync down all files, including hundreds of thousands of email, from my
> home server. Some of these emails I only have as maildir files, they are
> not even on any IMAP server. I make sure dot files are synced too, and
> deletions of files also propagate. Once the rsync logs are ok I then launch
> isync to Google and M365 for those mail folders that are on there as well.
> Before closing down the machine I rsync everything, including all email, to
> the home ssh server. Next day I sit at another machine and do the same.
> This has worked reliably for me for several years, the important thing is
> to make sure everything is rsynced with no errors before isync is launched
> to my email providers. This is not exactly answering your question though...
It is to a large extent, thanks for your kind reply Marton!

I am furthermore looking for a scriptable solution that will move all
email older than X years from one local imap folder to another (which is
then rsynced to a file server).

Looking forward to this list memeber's suggestions!
Your help is much appreciated,
best, 
Peter