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Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2012 14:15:26 +0100
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Subject: Re: gmail importer script
From: "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com>
To: Rainer@krugs.de
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> I actually prefer this approach, but I think it would be more useful to
> leave the syncing of the emails to a different program, and then just
> managing the labels / tags with your tool (which is notmuch territory). So
> the workflow would be:
> So, implementing the mail sync in this script would, as I see it, kind of
> reinventing the wheel.

You're misunderstanding me. Let me make it very clear what the script
does. Actually why don't you just read the source code? Please? Well,
anyway, here:

- It looks in gmail and asks it which messages gmail has
- It downloads those messages
- It applies gmail's labels to those messages as tags

The end.

Along the way it has some smart things to reduce redundant downloads.

For more information, consult the source code.