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+.TH OFFLINEIMAP 1 "July 11, 2002" "quux.org" "OfflineIMAP manual"
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+.SH NAME
+OfflineIMAP \- IMAP/Maildir synchronization and reader support
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B offlineimap
+[
+.BI -1
+]
+[
+.BI -a \ accountlist
+]
+[
+.BI -c \ configfile
+]
+.br
+[
+.BI -d
+]
+[
+.BI -u " interface"
+]
+
+.\".RI [ -c \ foo ]
+.\".RI [ options ] " files" ...
+.br
+.B offlineimap
+.B -h
+.\".RI [ options ] " files" ...
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B OfflineIMAP
+is a tool to simplify your e-mail reading. With
+.B OfflineIMAP,
+you can read the same mailbox from multiple computers. You get a
+current copy of your messages on each computer, and changes you make
+one place will be visible on all other systems. For instance, you can
+delete a message on your home computer, and it will appear deleted on
+your work computer as well.
+.B OfflineIMAP
+is also useful if you want to use a mail reader that does not have
+IMAP support, has poor IMAP support, or does not provide disconnected
+operation.
+.PP
+.B OfflineIMAP
+is
+.I FAST;
+it synchronizes my two accounts with over 50 folders in 3 seconds.
+Other similar tools might take over a minute, and achieve a
+less-reliable result. Some mail readers can take over 10 minutes to
+do the same thing, and some don't even support it at all. Unlike
+other mail tools,
+.B OfflineIMAP
+features a multi-threaded synchronization algorithm that can
+dramatically speed up performance in many situations by synchronizing
+several different things simultaneously.
+.PP
+.B OfflineIMAP
+is
+.I FLEXIBLE;
+you can customize which folders are synced via regular expressions, lists, or
+Python expressions; a versatile and comprehensive configuration file
+is used to control behavior; two user interfaces are built-in;
+fine-tuning of synchronization performance is possible; internal or
+external automation is supported; SSL and PREAUTH tunnels are both
+supported; offline (or "unplugged") reading is supported; and
+esoteric IMAP features are supported to ensure compatibility with the
+widest variety of IMAP servers.
+.PP
+.B OfflineIMAP
+is
+.I SAFE;
+it uses an algorithm designed to prevent mail loss at all costs.
+Because of the design of this algorithm, even programming errors
+should not result in loss of mail. I am so confident in the algorithm
+that I use my own personal and work accounts for testing of
+.B OfflineIMAP
+pre-release, development, and beta releases.
+.PP
+This manual page documents briefly the
+.B offlineimap
+and
+.B bar
+commands.
+This manual page was written for the Debian distribution
+because the original program does not have a manual page.
+Instead, it has documentation in the GNU Info format; see below.
+.PP
+.\" TeX users may be more comfortable with the \fB<whatever>\fP and
+.\" \fI<whatever>\fP escape sequences to invode bold face and italics,
+.\" respectively.
+\fBofflineimap\fP is a program that...
+.SH OPTIONS
+These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long
+options starting with two dashes (`-').
+A summary of options is included below.
+For a complete description, see the Info files.
+.TP
+.B \-h, \-\-help
+Show summary of options.
+.TP
+.B \-v, \-\-version
+Show version of program.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR bar (1),
+.BR baz (1).
+.br
+The programs are documented fully by
+.IR "The Rise and Fall of a Fooish Bar" ,
+available via the Info system.
+.SH AUTHOR
+This manual page was written by John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org>,
+for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).