gmail-migration: archived mails in \ALL

[Timo Sirainen]

On 09 Apr 2015, at 23:14, Peer Heinlein <p.heinlein at heinlein-support.de> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I don't completly understand
> 
> http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Migration/Gmail
> 
> I can't find the documentation for the -a and the -F Flag.
> 
> I'd like to migrate ONLY archived mails from an existing gmail-Account.
> So I'd have to import all Mails from the \ALL-Folder that does NOT have
> any virtual folder flags set.
> 
> I tried to use this command:
> 
> doveadm -D -o imapc_user=user at example.com -o pop3c_user=user at exampe.com
> -o imapc_password=secret -o pop3c_password=secret -o
> imapc_host=imap.googlemail.com -v backup -m '[Gmail]/Tutti i messaggi'
> -F '-$GmailHaveLabels' -x \Flagged -x \Junk -x \Trash -x \Important -R
> -u user at example.com imapc:
> 
> 
> But it looks like it's importing too many mails and not only the
> archived mails without Flags.
> 
> How do I have do understand
> 
> -F '-$GmailHaveLabels ??
> 
> Is it  "that NOT have $GmailHaveLabels"?

Yes. I think the part you're missing is having imapc_features=gmail-migration setting which actually sets that flag.

> And: Is there any better way to address the \ALL-Folder? I can use "-x
> \All" to exclude that folder, but it looks like I can't use "-m \All" to
> select that folder.

I think \All should work for both -m and -x in v2.2.16..