Package: isync (1.3.0-2.2 deb11u1)

IMAP and MailDir mailbox synchronizer

mbsync/isync is a command line application which synchronizes mailboxes; currently Maildir and IMAP4 mailboxes are supported. New messages, message deletions and flag changes can be propagated both ways. isync is suitable for use in IMAP-disconnected mode.

The main application was much improved in version 1.0. Those improvements lead to interface changes and the application being renamed to mbsync. The application isync is now only a wrapper to keep compatibility with earlier versions.

Features:

 * Fine-grained selection of synchronization operations to perform
 * Synchronizes single mailboxes or entire mailbox collections
 * Partial mirrors possible: keep only the latest messages locally
 * Trash functionality: backup messages before removing them

 * Security: supports TLS/SSL via imaps: (port 993) and STARTTLS; CRAM-MD5
   for authentication
 * Supports NAMESPACE for simplified configuration
 * Pipelining for maximum speed (currently only partially implemented)

Tags: Implemented in: C, User Interface: Command Line, Electronic Mail: IMAP Protocol, Network Protocol: protocol::imap, protocol::ssl, Role: Program, Scope: Utility, Purpose: use::synchronizing, works-with::mail

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