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joeyates / imap-backup

Backup and Migrate IMAP Email Accounts
MIT License
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What does "mirror" mode do, exactly? #137

Closed nicholashead closed 1 year ago

nicholashead commented 1 year ago

I am scared that it tries to delete/manipulate messages on my IMAP server itself. My understanding is that the "backup" mode tries to be a 1:1 match of what's on the server - so if a message was backed up via imap-backup a week ago, then I deleted it from the server - the next sync will delete it from the backup archive. Is this correct? I could not find any documentation about this feature. Thanks.

joeyates commented 1 year ago

Hi @nicholashead

I've pushed a branch with some tweaks to the README. Let me know if the explanation of the two modes makes things any clearer. Thanks!

nicholashead commented 1 year ago

Those look great to me! Thanks for clarifying.