{"id":6151,"date":"2017-04-18T11:24:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-18T15:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irreal.org\/blog\/?p=6151"},"modified":"2017-04-18T11:24:07","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T15:24:07","slug":"an-easy-way-to-download-your-email-in-maildir-format","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irreal.org\/blog\/?p=6151","title":{"rendered":"An Easy Way to Download Your Email in Maildir Format"},"content":{"rendered":"

As you all know, I spent considerable time configuring mbsync<\/code> to download my email in Maildir format so that I could try out mu4e<\/code> and move one more function into Emacs. It wasn’t, by far, the hardest thing I’ve ever done but I did spend a lot of time on it and had to beg for help from Irreal readers. It was, when you think of it, a bit of a risk. A lot of effort and research for something I might not like all that much. As it turned out, I like mu4e<\/code> a lot so it was worth the effort for me but your mileage may vary. <\/p>\n

There turns out to be an easier way: just let Thunderbird download your email<\/a>. The writer of the linked reddit piece sometimes likes to read his email in Thunderbird anyway so using it means <\/p>\n

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  1. He didn’t have to configure mbsync<\/code>.<\/li>\n
  2. He has only one copy of his email on his machine.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Since I did, in fact, get mbsync<\/code> configured, I haven’t tried this on the Mac but I don’t see any reason why it wouldn’t work. If you’re not already using Thunderbird it might end up being easier to just install mbsync<\/code> and configure it. If you do<\/i> have Thunderbird installed and want to try mu4e<\/code>, you can do it easily without worrying about getting your email downloaded. If you like mu4e<\/code> and don’t need Thunderbird anymore, then<\/i> you can go through the pain of getting mbsync<\/code> running. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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