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README.md

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imap-backup API Documentation

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This is the developer documentation for imap-backup's code.

Usage documentation is on GitHub.

You can get an overview of the program's structure from the {file:ARCHITECTURE.md ARCHITECTURE} file.

The {file:CHANGELOG.md CHANGELOG} has a history of the changes to the program.

Design Goals

  • Secure - use a local configuration file protected by permissions
  • Restartable - calculate start point based on already downloaded messages
  • Standalone - do not rely on an email client or MTA

Development

See the development documentation.

Testing

See the testing documentation.

Contributing

  1. Fork it
  2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
  3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Added some feature')
  4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
  5. Create new Pull Request

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