Some config parameters converted to boolean
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1Small tool to fix the IMAP internaldate
2in case it's too much off compared to the last date
3stored in the received lines.
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5F.e. some IMAP clients tend to reset the imap internaldate
6when you move a message between folders.
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8Features:
9- Configurable tolerance
10- Test mode: Show only what would be done
11- Statistics: How many messages it would modify per user / folder
12- Log file with all actions
13- Caching
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15Important note: Only the -first- received line is interpreted.
16This was the lastest date on our server. We don't interpret
17all received lines because spam messages tend to contain bogus dates.
18An alternative approach would be to interpret the "Date:" header.
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20Prerequisites:
21Python version 3 or later
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23 Linux: Should be part of any modern linux distribution
24 Windows: Get it from http://www.python.org/getit/windows/
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26Necessary files:
27- userdata.csv: Contains information necessary for the user session with format:
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28 username,password
29 testuser1,testpass1
30 testuser2,testpass2
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32 Note: The first line are the column names and gets ignored.
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97bd6bea 34Produced files:
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35- fix_imap_internaldate.cfg: Configuration of the script - created on first run.
36- fix_imap_internaldate.log: Log file. Will be truncated on script invocation.
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1007fa6d 38- message_cache.dat: Cache file used for performance improvements
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40Invocation on Windows requires and results in the same files.
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002533ab 42For more information please contact opensource@intra2net.com