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Python3 sql3 : track downloaded message ids with sqlite3 and implemened logging #49

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added setup.py for installing imapbackup38.py
mmachicao Nov 20, 2023
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applied python3 and pylint styleguide
mmachicao Nov 21, 2023
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track message ids in a dedicated sqlite3 database
mmachicao Dec 16, 2023
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initialize database separately : create_database
mmachicao Dec 16, 2023
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implement logging and --DEBUG option
mmachicao Dec 17, 2023
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add .vscode directory to .gitignore
mmachicao Dec 17, 2023
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Print path to logfile on the console
mmachicao Dec 18, 2023
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exclude-folders : INBOX is not excluded in thunderbird mode
mmachicao Dec 19, 2023
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logging.basicConfig : attribute 'encoding' was introduced in version 3.9
mmachicao Jan 1, 2024
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# C extensions
*.so

# virtual environment
.venv

# Packages
*.egg
*.egg-info
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.mr.developer.cfg
.project
.pydevproject
.vscode

# Things that might show up during testing
.data
*.mbox


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A Python script for creating full backups of IMAP mailboxes

## Installation

Installation is provided for imapbackup38 (requires python3.8 and above)

```
pip install .

imapbackup38 -s IMAP_SERVER -u USER_NAME -d TARGET_DIR [OPTIONS]

```

## Background

This was first published around 2007 (probably earlier) [on my personal site][tao], and it was originally developed to work around the then rather limited (ok, inconsistent) Mac OS X Mail.app functionality and allow me to back up my old mailboxes in a fully standard `mbox` format (well, at least as much as `mbox` can be considered a standard...).
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* Optionally compresses the result files on the fly (and can append to them). Only available in Python 2.x
* Is completely and utterly free (distributed under the MIT license).

## Features only in Python3

* Track message IDs for every single folder in a dedicated sqlite3 database (faster) instead of reading them from the mailbox files.
* Write logfile. Default loglevel is INFO. Set command line option `--DEBUG` for loglevel DEBUG.

## Requirements

Python 2.x : `imapbackup.py` should work on Python 2.5 or any other 2.x version without any extra dependencies whatsoever.

Python 3.x : `imapbackup38.py` requires python 3.8 and above.

## Contributing
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