Download mail

Using imapgrab.py script that is a wrapper for getmail

./imapgrab.py -l -s somemailserver.com -u someuser@example.com -p <password>

This one uses the maildir format (one file per email, one directory per imap folder)

cd /home/someuser1/imap_files/imapgrab
mkdir mdir
nohup ./imapgrab.py -d -M -a -f /home/someuser1/imap_files/imapgrab/mdir -m "_ALL_" 
-s somemailserver.com -u someuser@example.com -p <enterpass> > imapgrab.log 2>&1

Output

someuser1@ub1:~/imap_files/imapgrab$ cat imapgrab.log
nohup: ignoring input
IMAP Grab 0.1.4
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Downloading mailbox "INBOX"
Downloading mailbox "INBOX.Drafts"
Downloading mailbox "INBOX.Sent"
Downloading mailbox "INBOX.Trash"
....
....
Downloads complete

This one uses the maildir format (one file per imap folder)

cd /home/someuser1/imap_files/imapgrab
mkdir mdir1
nohup ./imapgrab.py -d -B -a -f /home/someuser1/imap_files/imapgrab/mdir1 -m "_ALL_" 
-s mail.lonex.com -u someuser@example.com -p lotus111 > imapgrab1.log 2>&1 &

Output

someuser1@ub1:~/imap_files/imapgrab$ cat imapgrab1.log
nohup: ignoring input
IMAP Grab 0.1.4
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Downloading mailbox "INBOX"
Downloading mailbox "INBOX.Drafts"
Downloading mailbox "INBOX.Sent"
Downloading mailbox "INBOX.Trash"
....
....
Downloads complete