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  7. isync/mbsync - free (GPL) mailbox synchronization program
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  8. http://isync.sf.net/
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  10. See AUTHORS for contact information.
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  12. ``mbsync'' is a command line application which synchronizes mailboxes;
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  13. currently Maildir and IMAP4 mailboxes are supported. New messages, message
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  14. deletions and flag changes can be propagated both ways.
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  15. ``mbsync'' is suitable for use in IMAP-disconnected mode.
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  17. Synchronization is based on unique message identifiers (UIDs), so
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  18. no identification conflicts can occur (unlike with some other mail
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  19. synchronizers).
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  20. Synchronization state is kept in one local text file per mailbox pair;
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  21. these files are protected against concurrent ``mbsync'' processes.
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  22. Mailboxes can be safely modified while ``mbsync'' operates.
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  23. Multiple replicas of each mailbox can be maintained.
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  25. isync is the project name, while mbsync is the current executable name; this
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  26. change was necessary because of massive changes in the user interface. An
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  27. isync executable still exists; it is a compatibility wrapper around mbsync.
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  29. * Features
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  31.     * Fine-grained selection of synchronization operations to perform
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  32.     * Synchronizes single mailboxes or entire mailbox collections
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  33.     * Partial mirrors possible: keep only the latest messages locally
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  34.     * Trash functionality: backup messages before removing them
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  35.     * IMAP features:
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  36. 	* Supports TLS/SSL via imaps: (port 993) and STARTTLS
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  37. 	* Supports SASL for authentication
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  38. 	* Pipelining for maximum speed
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  40. * Compatibility
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  42.     isync should work fairly well with any IMAP4 compliant server;
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  43.     servers that support the UIDPLUS and LITERAL+ extensions are most
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  44.     efficient.
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  46.     Courier 1.4.3 is known to be buggy, version 1.7.3 works fine.
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  48.     M$ Exchange (2013 at least) needs DisableExtension MOVE to be compatible
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  49.     with the Trash functionality.
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  51. * Platforms
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  53.     At some point, ``isync'' has successfully run on:
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  54.     Linux, Solaris 2.7, OpenBSD 2.8, FreeBSD 4.3.
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  56. * Requirements
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  58.     perl v5.14+
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  59.     Berkeley DB 4.1+ (optional)
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  60.     OpenSSL for TLS/SSL support (optional)
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  61.     Cyrus SASL (optional)
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  62.     zlib (optional)
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  64.   The build from git also requires:
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  66.     GNU autotools (autoconf & automake)
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  67.     perl module Date::Parse (libtimedate-perl on Debian, perl-TimeDate on
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  68.                              Fedora and Suse)
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  70. * Installation
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  72.     ./autogen.sh (only when building from git)
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  73.     ./configure
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  74.     make
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  75.     sudo make install
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  77. * Help
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  79.     Please see the man page for complete documentation.
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