.. index:: isync
.. _isync:

isync/mbsync
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Description
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isync is a command line program to synchronize Maildir and IMAP4 mailboxes.  It is useful for storing a local copy of emails without deleting them from an IMAP server.

User instructions
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isync is installed on all workstations from the Debian repositories.

``mbsync`` is the name of the executable.  As ever, the Arch Linux wiki is a great resource: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Isync.

Source
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http://isync.sf.net/

License
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GNU General Public License v2.

Admin notes
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The version available in the Debian repositories is sufficiently recent currently.