Feature: restorable format?

[yourfate]

If I build a backup system with imapbox I'd also like to have a format which I can restore back to an email server in some form. The best way would probably be a mildir file, or mbox alternatively.

Ideally imapbox would either have an option to also create/update a maildir file on sync, or an option to convert the folder structure it produces to a maildir file.

[jpcercal]

Is there any progress to support this? 🙄

I've been searching for a solution to backup emails and make them searchable from the terminal without having to rely on any external software, and this project seems to be just what I've been looking for.

I'm just worried that once in, I do not have any way to get out as it does not support exporting the messages and email related stuff back to mbox facilitating this way the importing of all existing messages in another client in the future. I do not want to lock myself in as we do not know what is reserved for us in the future.

Has someone found a solution for this sort of "problem"? I saw for example it supports the raw eml message, is there a known way I could restore the email structure when re-importing it back to gmail for example? Many thanks for any input you might have in advance. =)

[BananaAcid]

I just did a "re-import" ...

Used Macs finder to find all .gz files in a folder, extracted the needed one to another. Opened the eml with outlook and clicked the import button.

Also tested: selecting all extracted eml files, and dragged tghem into outlook in a inbox folder. It imported all eml files in one go.

... might be working similar with Thunderbird or others.

The eml file is the raw content any IMAP connection transmits. All attachments contained. These files are future proof. Unless IMAP will not be used anymore. So any method or tool handling eml files can re-upload them. That makes it the ideal restorable format IMHO.