dovecot - Apr 2009 - Dovecot -> Gmail (via POP Mail Fetcher)

I'm trying to move my entire email store from my Dovecot installation (which
I normally access via IMAP) into Gmail using Gmail's Mail Fetcher (which
functions over POP); and I'm running into two problems:
1. Gmail only imported 78 out of 1000+ mails in my inbox, which I'm taking
to mean that Dovecot is reporting only those 78 as new.  How can I get
Dovecot to send all mail over as new?

2. I can't be sure of this yet (since, due to #1, Gmail doesn't seem to
be
downloading everything), but I'm pretty sure Dovecot is only reporting my
Inbox emails over POP; is there a way I can get all my mail, from all my
folders, to stream in over POP?

Thanks,
Neil

PS. I'm not leaving Dovecot entirely, I just need to have my mail in another
place in case something happens to my server...

Try imapsync - it seems to work fairly well with Gmail, except folders  
are screwy.
freshmeat.net/projects/imapsync/

Rick

Quoting Neil <kngspook at gmail.com>:
> I'm trying to move my entire email store from my Dovecot installation
(which
> I normally access via IMAP) into Gmail using Gmail's Mail Fetcher
(which
> functions over POP); and I'm running into two problems:
> 1. Gmail only imported 78 out of 1000+ mails in my inbox, which I'm
taking
> to mean that Dovecot is reporting only those 78 as new.  How can I get
> Dovecot to send all mail over as new?
>
> 2. I can't be sure of this yet (since, due to #1, Gmail doesn't
seem to be
> downloading everything), but I'm pretty sure Dovecot is only reporting
my
> Inbox emails over POP; is there a way I can get all my mail, from all my
> folders, to stream in over POP?
>
> Thanks,
> Neil
>
> PS. I'm not leaving Dovecot entirely, I just need to have my mail in
another
> place in case something happens to my server...
>

Neil wrote:
> I'm trying to move my entire email store from my Dovecot installation
(which
> I normally access via IMAP) into Gmail using Gmail's Mail Fetcher
(which
> functions over POP); and I'm running into two problems:
> 1. Gmail only imported 78 out of 1000+ mails in my inbox, which I'm
taking
> to mean that Dovecot is reporting only those 78 as new.  How can I get
> Dovecot to send all mail over as new?
>
> 2. I can't be sure of this yet (since, due to #1, Gmail doesn't
seem to be
> downloading everything), but I'm pretty sure Dovecot is only reporting
my
> Inbox emails over POP; is there a way I can get all my mail, from all my
> folders, to stream in over POP?
>   
POP3 only accesses INBOX, so if the e-mails are in other folders, they
are not visible. Some time ago someone proposed a solution (I guess
using a virtual folder, but I'm not sure), try searching the archives.

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Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
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