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<h2>Is it time to copy all your emails and folders elsewhere?</h2>
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<h2>What is imapsync? <a href="#TOP" id="WHATIS"><small>(back to menu)</small></a>
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<p>
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Imapsync is an <b>IMAP transfers tool</b>.
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The purpose of imapsync is to <b>migrate</b> IMAP accounts or to <b>backup</b> IMAP accounts.
IMAP is one of the three current standard protocols to access mailboxes,
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the two other are POP3 and HTTP with webmails,
webmails are often tied to an IMAP server.
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<p><b>Imapsync</b> software is a command line tool that allows incremental and
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recursive <b>IMAP</b> transfers from one mailbox to another, both anywhere on the internet
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or in your local network. Imapsync runs on <b>Windows</b>, <b>Linux</b>, <b>Mac OS X</b>.
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"<b>Incremental</b>" means you can stop the transfer at any time
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and restart it later efficiently, without generating duplicates.
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"<b>Recursive</b>" means the complete folders hierarchy can be copied, all folders, all subfolders etc.
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"<b>Command line</b>" means it's not a graphical tool, on Windows you have to run imapsync
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from a <a href="#DOC_BASIC">batch file</a>. Anyway there is a visual online service, you can try imapsync at <a href="https://imapsync.lamiral.info/X/">https://imapsync.lamiral.info/X/</a>
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<p>
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<b>Imapsync can't migrate Contacts and Calendars</b>.
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Most email systems don't set or get Contacts or Calendars via the IMAP protocol.
No way via IMAP, no way via imapsync
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but it can be done with other tools or via export/import of csv or ics files.
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Also consider using <a href="http://caldavsynchronizer.org/">caldavsynchronizer</a> or asking experts at <a href="https://twitter.com/sumatra_dev">Sumatra company</a>.
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<p>
<b>imapsync</b> is not suitable for maintaining a synchronization between two active imap accounts while the user
is working on both sides.
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Use <a href="http://offlineimap.org/"><b>offlineimap</b></a> (written by John Goerzen)
or <a href="http://isync.sourceforge.net/"><b>mbsync</b></a> (written by Michael R. Elkins)
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for <b>bidirectionnal (2 ways) synchronizations</b>.
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<p>Alternatives to imapsync are listed in the <a href="S/external.shtml"><b>Similar softwares</b></a> section.
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<p>Imapsync used to be free, open and gratis, that was before November 2010.
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Now imapsync is free, open and not gratis from the homepage.
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Imapsync is still under the <a href="./NOLIMIT">NOLIMIT</a> license,
claiming no limit to do anything with this work and this license,
so one of the most open license of the universe.
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It is the best decision I've made about imapsync in order to continue to maintain it.
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See detailed explanation and motivation here when
<a href="http://www.linux-france.org/prj/imapsync_list/msg00459.html">I looked for a business model</a>.
"Download and donate if happy" doesn't work well.
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"Pay for download and I pay back if unhappy" works well, a 100 times better.
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<h2>Contact the author, Gilles LAMIRAL <a href="#TOP" id="AUTHOR"><small>(back to menu)</small></a>
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<span class="given-name">Gilles</span>
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<div class="email"><a href="mailto:gilles@lamiral.info" class="email">gilles@lamiral.info</a></div>
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<h2>Buy imapsync or imapsync support <a href="#TOP" id="buy_all"><small>(back to menu)</small></a>
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Buy complete and <b>latest imapsync</b> for <b>€50 EUR</b>. <br />
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There is no trial version but I offer <b>30-day money back guarantee</b>.<br />
After buying and downloading imapsync, go to the <a href="#install">installation</a> documentation.
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For <b>€50 EUR</b> you will get:
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</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Standalone <b>imapsync.exe</b> for win32, easy installation done by a zip extraction anywhere.
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See <a href="README_Windows.txt">README_Windows.txt</a> for details.</li>
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<li>Standalone <b>imapsync_bin_Darwin</b> for Mac OS X.
</li>
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<li>Imapsync Perl <b>source code</b> for any operating system, Unix, Windows, OS X.</li>
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<li>The <b>online visual interface</b>, like <b><a href="./X/">/X</a></b>, to install the service on <b>the server of your choice</b>.</li>
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<li><b>Lifetime</b> of imapsync <b>updates</b> without extra payment.</li>
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<li><b>30-day money back guarantee!</b> No question nor condition to get a refund, really, just request it and you'll sure get a refund!</li>
<li><a href="NOLIMIT">No limit</a> to do anything with imapsync and its license.</li>
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</ul>
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For <b>€100 EUR</b> you get imapsync <b>full professional support</b>,
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provided by the imapsync designer and developer (Gilles LAMIRAL) who has
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been supporting imap migrations with imapsync for more than 16 years (I started in 2001).
See a detailed <a href="#SUPPORT"><b>support description</b></a> below.
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<p><big>
<b>Special</b> and recommended offer: it's also <b>€100 EUR</b> if you buy
<b>imapsync </b> + <b>support </b>at once.
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<input type="hidden" value="H2YTURNFT4XT4" name="hosted_button_id" />
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<label>Imapsync buying options:
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<option value="Software + Support. For professional use." class="bold">Software + Support. For professional use. €100 EUR</option>
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<option value="Software only. For professional use." class="bold">Software only. For professional use. €50 EUR</option>
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<option value="Support only. For professional use.">Support only. For professional use. €100 EUR</option>
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<option disabled="disabled">--------------------------------------------------</option>
<option value="Software only. For individual use.">Software only. For individual use. €50 EUR</option>
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Professionals buyers outside France are <b>VAT exempted</b>. Individuals or French buyers are <b>VAT taxed</b>.
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<br />
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<input type="hidden" value="VAT if professional in Europe" name="on1" />
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<label>In case <b>you're a European professional</b>, please enter your <b>VAT number</b>
<input type="text" maxlength="17" size="17" name="os1" />
</label>
it's for accounting and customs declaration.
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VAT is often 2 letters followed by 11 digits, for example mine is FR74429303332.
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<input type="hidden" value="EUR" name="currency_code" />
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<input type="image"
alt="PayPal, a safe and easy way to pay online!"
name="submit"
src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_buynowCC_LG.gif" />
Consider a <b><a href="#IBAN">Bank transfer</a></b> or a <b><a href="#bitcoin">Bitcoin</a> payment</b> if you can't use Paypal.
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At the end of the payment Paypal will proposed you to go back to the site,
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via a link to <b>gilles@lamiral.info</b> (it's my paypal account name),
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this link brings you to <b>imapsync download</b>.<br />
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You will also receive an email from <b>gilles@lamiral.info</b> a few minutes later
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(can fall in Spam folder sometimes).<br />
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In order to get an accurate invoice, please make sure the delivery postal address you enter in Paypal
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suits your accounting department's, since revised editing is not easy and prohibited by law.<br />
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The gpg signed <b>invoice</b> will be sent within <b>a few days by email</b>,
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My company is identified by VAT number FR74429303332 or French SIRET number 42930333200051,
French APE/NAF number 6201Z (programmation informatique).
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<h3>Payment with crypto currencies, Bitcoins, Ethereum etc. <a href="#TOP" id="bitcoin"><small>(back to menu)</small></a>
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href="https://commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/5e1ad7cb-dd3d-4cda-bbf1-53d8ba94b7b6">
<span>Buy with Crypto, price equivalent €50 EUR.</span>
</a>
<script src="https://commerce.coinbase.com/v1/checkout.js"
type="text/javascript">
</script>
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<a class="donate-with-crypto"
href="https://commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/d757d82d-5f54-428e-9260-90c8b032d7ce">
<span>Buy with Crypto, free price.</span>
</a>
<script src="https://commerce.coinbase.com/v1/checkout.js">
</script>
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<h3>Payment by bank transfer and IBAN <a href="#TOP" id="IBAN"><small>(back to menu)</small></a>
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<p>If you can't pay with a credit card via Paypal then it is possible to pay via a bank transfer.
It will surely add extra work editing the invoice, back and forth getting good coordinates,
so I will mandatory charge both software+support for payment via bank transfer, that is 100 EUR.
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Drop me an email to test imapsync and to be sure it will do what you need it to do, before any payment.<br />
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The bank account references will be given upon request.
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<h3>Support <a href="#TOP" id="SUPPORT"><small>(back to menu)</small></a>
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<p>For those of you who buy support, <b>contact me</b> (Gilles LAMIRAL) by email or phone:</p>
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<li>Email address: <b>gilles@lamiral.info</b>.</li>
<li>Desk phone number: <b>+33 9 51 84 42 42</b> located in France.</li>
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<li>Mobile phone number: <b>+33 6 19 22 03 54</b> located in France (SFR operator).</li>
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<li>Jabber address: <b>gilleslamiral@jabber.org</b></li>
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<p>The support is done in English, <b>mostly by email</b> or possibly phone/skype.
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Office hours start at 10:00, end at 16:00 UTC, extra time is possible in case of emergency.
The <b>support aims at helping you to get your imap migration job done</b>, quickly if possible.
Support includes things like <b>no time to read the documentation</b>,
how to deal with special imap server softwares (Gmail, Exchange),
choosing and explaining options, explaining error messages,
solving authentication issues,
dealing with speed, quotas, special context,
running in parallel, etc.
</p>
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<h2>Facts and figures <a href="#TOP" id="NUMBERS"><small>(back to menu)</small></a>
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</h2>
<ul>
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<li><b>4000 to 5000 </b>users per month (40000 users a year).</li>
<li>6 to 10 millions mailboxes transfers per month.</li>
<li><b>103 millions</b> transfers for 2016,
that is three whole mailboxes synced per second in average, and an estimation of 20 petabytes transferred in total.
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</li>
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<li><b>Operating systems</b> run by imapsync users (in 2016):
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<ul>
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<li><b>Linux: 72%</b></li>
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<li><b>Win32: 15%</b></li>
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<li><b>Darwin: 8%</b></li>
<li><b>FreeBSD: 3%</b></li>
<li>Solaris: 0.09%</li>
<li>OpenBSD: 0.11%</li>
<li>Unknown .01 %</li>
<li>Other: 0.48%</li>
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</ul>
</li>
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<li><b>Highest use rate</b>: about <b>56 millions</b> of IMAP mailbox transfers by just one host.</li>
<li><b>Biggest known account</b> migrated: <b>2.4 millions folders</b> (figure independently reported).</li>
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</ul>
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<p>
Where all those numbers come from?
To know whether a newer imapsync exists or not, imapsync does a http GET to the file
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<a href="http://imapsync.lamiral.info/VERSION">VERSION</a>.
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Via the <b>User-agent</b> parameter it also sends:</p>
<ul>
<li>imapsync release</li>
<li>Perl version</li>
<li>Mail::IMAPClient version</li>
<li>Operating System</li>
</ul>
<p>You can <b>remove this behavior</b> by adding option <b>--noreleasecheck</b> on the command line
(or by setting $releasecheck = 0 in the source code).
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Check <a href="http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2013-4279">CVE-2013-4279</a>.
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</p>
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<h2>How to transfer a single mailbox on Windows <a href="#TOP" id="DOC_BASIC"><small>(back to menu)</small></a>
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</h2>
<p>
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After Imapsync installation, a basic (and really working) example in a DOS window is the following: </p>
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<pre>.\imapsync.exe ^
--host1 test1.lamiral.info ^
--user1 test1 ^
--password1 "secret1" ^
--host2 test2.lamiral.info ^
--user2 test2 ^
--password2 "secret2"
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</pre>
<p>But it's better to edit a batch file and run it by a double-click.
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Take this batch file example <b><a href="./examples/imapsync_example.bat">imapsync_example.bat</a></b>
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and adapt with your own parameters.
</p>
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<h2>How to transfer a single mailbox on Linux/Unix <a href="#TOP" id="DOC_BASIC_UNIX"><small>(back to menu)</small></a>
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</h2>
<p>
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After Imapsync installation, a basic (and really working) example in a shell terminal is the following: </p>
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<pre>./imapsync \
--host1 test1.lamiral.info \
--user1 test1 \
--password1 "secret1" \
--host2 test2.lamiral.info \
--user2 test2 \
--password2 "secret2"
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</pre>
<p>
But it's better to edit a shell script and run it in a terminal.
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Take this Bourne shell script example <b><a href="./examples/imapsync_example.sh">imapsync_example.sh</a></b>
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and adapt with your own parameters.
</p>
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<h2>How to transfer many mailboxes <a href="#TOP" id="DOC_MASS"><small>(back to menu)</small></a>
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</h2>
<p>
In order to migrate many mailboxes, you should use a loop over a csv
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file containing only the data credentials.<br />
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On Windows, see <b><a href="./examples/sync_loop_windows.bat">sync_loop_windows.bat</a></b>
batch example.<br />
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On Unix, see <b><a href="./examples/sync_loop_unix.sh">sync_loop_unix.sh</a></b>
example.<br />
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An example of this csv file is <b><a href="./examples/file.txt">file.txt</a></b>,
it can be used with the two previous command scripts.<br />
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</p>
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<h2>Installation <a href="#TOP" id="install"><small>(back to menu)</small></a>
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</h2>
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<p>Depending on the system where you'll run imapsync:</p>
<ul>
<li>Windows users, read directly <a href="README_Windows.txt">README_Windows.txt</a>.</li>
<li>OS X users, read <a href="INSTALL.d/INSTALL.Darwin.txt">INSTALL.Darwin.txt</a>.</li>
<li>Centos users, read <a href="INSTALL.d/INSTALL.Centos.txt">INSTALL.Centos.txt</a>.</li>
<li>CPanel users, read <a href="INSTALL.d/INSTALL.CPanel.txt">INSTALL.CPanel.txt</a>.</li>
<li>Debian users, read <a href="INSTALL.d/INSTALL.Debian.txt">INSTALL.Debian.txt</a>.</li>
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<li>AWS EC2 users, read <a href="INSTALL.d/INSTALL.AWS_EC2.txt">INSTALL.AWS_EC2.txt</a>.</li>
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<li>Ubuntu users, read <a href="INSTALL.d/INSTALL.Ubuntu.txt">INSTALL.Ubuntu.txt</a>.</li>
<li>FreeBSD users, read <a href="INSTALL.d/INSTALL.FreeBSD.txt">INSTALL.FreeBSD.txt</a>.</li>
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<li>Docker users, read <a href="INSTALL.d/INSTALL.Docker.txt">INSTALL.Docker.txt</a>
or directly the <a href="https://hub.docker.com/r/gilleslamiral/imapsync/">Imapsync Docker page</a>.</li>
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<li>Online UI sysadmins, wanting their own <a href="X/">/X</a>, read <a href="INSTALL.d/INSTALL.OnlineUI.txt">INSTALL.OnlineUI.txt</a></li>
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<li>Other users,
<li>All installation files are located in the <a href="INSTALL.d/">INSTALL.d/</a> directory.</li>
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</ul>
<p>
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After the imapsync installation you should go to the <a href="#doc">documentation</a> section just below.
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</p>
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<h2>Documentation <a href="#TOP" id="doc"><small>(back to menu)</small></a></h2>
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<p>Windows users, the <a href="README_Windows.txt">README_Windows.txt</a> contains essential
knowledge to do your first syncs.
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</p>
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<p>Unix users, the <a href="doc/TUTORIAL_Unix.html">TUTORIAL_Unix</a> will teach you smoothly how
to do your first syncs. Windows users can read it too.
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</p>
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<p>The <a href="README">README</a> file contains general and specific pieces of information
to understand imapsync and succeed in your migration or backup.
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</p>
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<p>The <a href="FAQ.d/">FAQ.d/*</a> files present Frequently Asked Questions
(and not so frequently asked ones) and their answers. Here is the main menu:</p>
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<div class="list"> Tips about imap server softwares:
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<ul>
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<li> <a href="FAQ.d/FAQ.Gmail.txt">Gmail accounts</a>.
See <a href="https://support.google.com/a/answer/1071518?hl=en">Gmail limits</a>. </li>
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<li> <a href="FAQ.d/FAQ.Exchange.txt">Exchange 20xx and Office365</a>. </li>
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<li> <a href="FAQ.d/FAQ.Yahoo.txt">Yahoo</a>. </li>
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<li> <a href="FAQ.d/FAQ.Domino.txt">Domino</a>. </li>
<li> <a href="FAQ.d/FAQ.Dovecot.txt">Dovecot</a>. </li>
<li> <a href="FAQ.d/FAQ.SmarterMail.txt">SmarterMail</a>. </li>
<li> <a href="FAQ.d/FAQ.Various_Server_Softwares.txt">Other various imap server softwares</a>. </li>
<li> <a href="FAQ.d/FAQ.Oracle-UCS.txt">Oracle-UCS</a>. </li>
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</ul>
</div>
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<div class="list">Solving problems:
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<ul>
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<li> <a href="FAQ.d/FAQ.Authentication_failure.txt">Authentication failure</a>. </li>
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<li> <a href="FAQ.d/FAQ.Folders_Mapping.txt">Changing folders names</a>. </li>
<li> <a href="FAQ.d/FAQ.Duplicates.txt">Duplicated messages issues</a>. </li>
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<li> <a href="FAQ.d/FAQ.Use_addheader.txt">Why use --addheader</a>? </li>
<li> <a href="FAQ.d/FAQ.Passwords_on_Windows.txt">Passwords on Windows</a>. </li>
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<li> <a href="FAQ.d/FAQ.Passwords_on_Unix.txt">Passwords on Unix</a>. </li>
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<li> <a href="FAQ.d/FAQ.Flags.txt">Flags issues</a>. </li>
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<li> <a href="FAQ.d/FAQ.Dates.txt">Dates issues</a>. </li>
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<li> <a href="FAQ.d/FAQ.Memory.txt">Memory issue</a>. </li>
<li> <a href="FAQ.d/FAQ.Contacts_Calendars.txt">Contacts and Calendars issues</a>. </li>
<li> <a href="FAQ.d/FAQ.User_Concurrent_Access.txt">User concurrent access issues</a>. </li>
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<li> <a href="FAQ.d/FAQ.Use_cache.txt">Option --usecache and its issues</a>. </li>
<li> <a href="FAQ.d/FAQ.SSL_errors.txt">SSL errors</a>. </li>
<li> <a href="FAQ.d/FAQ.Virus.txt">Is imapsync a virus?</a>. </li>
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</ul>
</div>
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<div class="list">Various tips:
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<ul>
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<li> <a href="FAQ.d/FAQ.General.txt">General FAQ</a>. </li>
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<li> <a href="FAQ.d/FAQ.POP3.txt">POP3 issues</a>. </li>
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<li> <a href="FAQ.d/FAQ.Reporting_Bugs.txt">Reporting bugs</a>. </li>
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<li> <a href="FAQ.d/FAQ.Massive.txt">Massive/bulk migrations</a>. </li>
<li> <a href="FAQ.d/FAQ.ISP.txt">ISP</a>. </li>
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<li> <a href="FAQ.d/FAQ.TTL.txt">TTL</a> (MX change in DNS). </li>
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<li> <a href="FAQ.d/FAQ.Messages_Selection.txt">Selecting messages</a>. </li>
<li> <a href="FAQ.d/FAQ.Folders_Selection.txt">Selecting folders</a>. </li>
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<li> <a href="FAQ.d/FAQ.Folders_Sizes.txt">Sizes of folders</a>. </li>
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<li> <a href="FAQ.d/FAQ.Admin_Authentication.txt">Admin authentication</a>. </li>
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<li> <a href="FAQ.d/FAQ.Archiving.txt">Archiving tips</a>. </li>
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<li> <a href="FAQ.d/FAQ.Security.txt">Security</a>. </li>
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<li> <a href="FAQ.d/FAQ.Emptying.txt">Emptying an account</a>. </li>
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<li> <a href="FAQ.d/FAQ.XOAUTH2.txt">XOAUTH2 (Gmail)</a>. </li>
</ul>
</div>
<p>The <a href="ChangeLog">ChangeLog</a>
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to read what changed in details since 2001.</p>
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<p>The <a href="TODO">TODO</a> file
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lists what may be coded or done in the future.
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</p>
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<p>All the people I thank are in the
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<a href="CREDITS">CREDITS</a> file.
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</p>
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<p>What you're allowed to do with imapsync is <b>"No limits to do anything with this work and this license."</b>
like repeated in the <a href="LICENSE">LICENSE</a> file (the detour is worth it).
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