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Re:Imap-backup: Backup Gmail or other IMAP accounts to disk by tatoalo on Saturday January 08, 2022 @01:00PM (#29854258)
Did you do anything particular config-wise for accessing your local instance of dovecot? I tried with [0] but the connection times out when trying to connect via Thunderbird…

[0]: https://github.com/antespi/docker-imap-devel

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Re:Imap-backup: Backup Gmail or other IMAP accounts to disk by cube00 on Saturday January 08, 2022 @02:12PM (#29855052)
That project looks like it uses SSL/TLS so if your certificate is self signed you'll need to add an exception [1]

Thunderbird doesn't prompt for this while connecting like a web browser does. It fails to connect without a clear warning in this case.

Full shameful disclosure: Since my backup is only locally accessible on a trusted network I used insecure IMAP on port 143

[1]: https://serverfault.com/questions/532172/thunderbird-not-tru...

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