https://github.com/shugo/ximapd

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https://github.com/shugo/ximapd

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• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/shugo/ximapd
• Owner: shugo
• Created: 2008-11-15T00:22:57.000Z (about 16 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2008-11-15T00:22:58.000Z (about 16 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-04-12T11:04:52.495Z (over 1 year ago)
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• Size: 480 KB
• Stars: 8
• Watchers: 6
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.en

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= ximapd

== Overview

ximapd is an eXperimental IMAP Daemon.

== Requirements

* Ruby 1.8.2 or later

* RubyMail 0.17 or later

* Rast 0.0.1 or later or Hyper Estraier 0.5.6 or later

* Ruby/ProgressBar 0.9 or later (optional)

== Subversion Repository

You can get the latest source code from

http://projects.netlab.jp/svn/ximapd/trunk.

  $ svn co http://projects.netlab.jp/svn/ximapd/trunk ximapd

== Author

Shugo Maeda 

== Install

Run install.rb.

  # ruby install.rb

ximapd will be installed to /usr/local by default.  Please use the --prefix

option to override it.

  # ruby install.rb --prefix=/opt

== Setup

(1) Copy examples/dot.ximapd to ~/.ximapd.

      $ cp examples/dot.ximapd ~/.ximapd

(2) Edit ~/.ximapd.

      $ vi ~/.ximapd

    Do not forget to change `user' and `password'!

(3) Import old mails.

      $ ximapd --import /path/to/mail

      $ ximapd --import /path/to/dir

      $ ximapd --import-mbox /path/to/mbox

(4) Write ~/.forward to receive new mails. 

      $ cat ~/.forward

      /home/username/mbox,"|/path/to/ximapd --import"

    ximapd may lost mails, so you SHOULD copy mails to other places.

== Usage

First, run ximapd as daemon.

  $ ximapd --start

-d option prevents ximapd to fork.

  $ ximapd --start --debug

See help for more options.

  $ ximapd --help

Then, connect to ximapd with your IMAP client such as Thunderbird.

If no error ocurred, you're lucky:)