Sync for gmail: copy messages from remote each time.

[moving-hawk]

Each time i ran offlineimap, it would copy some messages from remote. But these messages were stored in a local dir. I am not sure why my offlineimap copy messages repeatly. I searched for a while, but don't solve it. Thank you for your help~. ( I followed archwiki for config.)

General informations

• system/distribution (with version): Archlinux

uname -a
Linux arch 6.8.6-zen1-1-zen #1 ZEN SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Wed, 17 Apr 2024 12:20:23 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux

• offlineimap version :

offlineimap -V
offlineimap v8.0.0, imaplib2 v3.06, Python v3.12.3, OpenSSL 3.3.1 4 Jun 2024

• server name or domain: gmail
• CLI options:

offlineimap -a gmail

Configuration file offlineimaprc

# Sample minimal config file.  Copy this to ~/.offlineimaprc and edit to
# get started fast.

[general]
pythonfile = ~/.offlineimap.py
accounts = fdu, gmail
starttls = yes
ssl = yes

[Account gmail]
localrepository = gmail-local
remoterepository = gmail-remote
autorefresh = 0.5
quick = 10
proxy = HTTP:127.0.0.1:7894
#authproxy = HTTP:127.0.0.1:7894
postsynchook = notmuch new && notifymuch


[Repository gmail-local]
type = GmailMaildir
localfolders = ~/mail/gmail

[Repository gmail-remote]
type = Gmail
ipv6 = False
remoteuser = ***@gmail.com
#remotepasseval = get_pass("gmail")
nametrans = lambda foldername: re.sub ('sent_mail', 'sent',
                               re.sub ('starred', 'flagged',
                               re.sub (' ', '_', foldername.lower())))
folderfilter = lambda foldername: foldername not in ['[Gmail]/All Mail']
# Necessary as of OfflineIMAP 6.5.4
sslcacertfile = /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
# Necessary to work around https://github.com/OfflineIMAP/offlineimap/issues/573 (versions 7.0.12, 7.2.1)
ssl_version = tls1_2
keepalive = 60
holdconnectionopen = yes
auth_mechanisms = XOAUTH2
oauth2_client_id = 
oauth2_client_secret = 
oauth2_request_url = https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token
oauth2_access_token_eval = get_token("****@gmail.com")

pythonfile (if any)

cat .offlineimap.py 
#! /usr/bin/env python
from subprocess import check_output
from subprocess import run
import os

os.environ["http_proxy"] = "http://127.0.0.1:7894"
os.environ["https_proxy"] = "http://127.0.0.1:7894"

def get_pass(account):
    return check_output("pass Mail/" + account, shell=True).splitlines()[0]

def get_token(email_address):
    run(["oama", "renew", email_address], env=os.environ)
    return run(["oama", "access", email_address], capture_output=True, text=True, env=os.environ).stdout

Logs

OfflineIMAP 8.0.0
  Licensed under the GNU GPL v2 or any later version (with an OpenSSL exception)
imaplib2 v3.06, Python v3.12.3, OpenSSL 3.3.1 4 Jun 2024
Obtained new access token for [email protected] - expires at 2024-06-13 09:08 UTC.
Account sync gmail:
 *** Processing account gmail
 Establishing connection to imap.gmail.com:993 (gmail-remote)
 Creating folder inbox[gmail-remote]
 Creating new Local Status db for gmail-local:inbox
Folder [gmail] [acc: gmail]:
 Syncing [gmail]: Gmail -> GmailMaildir
Folder [gmail]/drafts [remote name [Gmail]/Drafts] [acc: gmail]:
 Syncing [Gmail]/Drafts: Gmail -> GmailMaildir
Folder [gmail]/drafts [acc: gmail]:
 Syncing [gmail]/drafts: Gmail -> GmailMaildir
Folder [gmail]/flagged [remote name [Gmail]/Starred] [acc: gmail]:
 Syncing [Gmail]/Starred: Gmail -> GmailMaildir
Folder [gmail]/flagged [acc: gmail]:
 Syncing [gmail]/flagged: Gmail -> GmailMaildir
Folder [gmail]/important [remote name [Gmail]/Important] [acc: gmail]:
 Syncing [Gmail]/Important: Gmail -> GmailMaildir
Folder [gmail]/flagged [acc: gmail]:
 Deleting 8 messages (1:5,8:10) in GmailMaildir[[gmail].flagged]
Folder [gmail]/important [remote name [Gmail]/Important] [acc: gmail]:
 Copy message UID 27 (1/185) gmail-remote:[Gmail]/Important -> gmail-local:[gmail].important
 Copy message UID 52 (2/185) gmail-remote:[Gmail]/Important -> gmail-local:[gmail].important
 Copy message UID 53 (3/185) gmail-remote:[Gmail]/Important -> gmail-local:[gmail].important
 Copy message UID 57 (4/185) gmail-remote:[Gmail]/Important -> gmail-local:[gmail].important
...
 Copy message UID 323 (179/185) gmail-remote:[Gmail]/Important -> gmail-local:[gmail].important
 Copy message UID 324 (180/185) gmail-remote:[Gmail]/Important -> gmail-local:[gmail].important
 Copy message UID 325 (181/185) gmail-remote:[Gmail]/Important -> gmail-local:[gmail].important
 Copy message UID 326 (182/185) gmail-remote:[Gmail]/Important -> gmail-local:[gmail].important
 Copy message UID 327 (183/185) gmail-remote:[Gmail]/Important -> gmail-local:[gmail].important
 Copy message UID 328 (184/185) gmail-remote:[Gmail]/Important -> gmail-local:[gmail].important
 Copy message UID 329 (185/185) gmail-remote:[Gmail]/Important -> gmail-local:[gmail].important
Folder [gmail]/sent [remote name [Gmail]/Sent Mail] [acc: gmail]:
 Syncing [Gmail]/Sent Mail: Gmail -> GmailMaildir
Folder [gmail]/important [acc: gmail]:
 Syncing [gmail]/important: Gmail -> GmailMaildir
 Deleting 195 messages (1:2,6,9:13,16:17,27,52:53,57:60,62:74,77:85,88:93,96:115,117:123,125:130,134,136:137,139:143,145,148:153,156,158:163,166:176,206,247:329) in GmailMaildir[[gmail].important]
Folder [gmail]/sent [remote name [Gmail]/Sent Mail] [acc: gmail]:
 Copy message UID 1 (1/37) gmail-remote:[Gmail]/Sent Mail -> gmail-local:[gmail].sent
 Copy message UID 2 (2/37) gmail-remote:[Gmail]/Sent Mail -> gmail-local:[gmail].sent
 Copy message UID 3 (3/37) gmail-remote:[Gmail]/Sent Mail -> gmail-local:[gmail].sent
 Copy message UID 4 (4/37) gmail-remote:[Gmail]/Sent Mail -> gmail-local:[gmail].sent
 Copy message UID 5 (5/37) gmail-remote:[Gmail]/Sent Mail -> gmail-local:[gmail].sent
 Copy message UID 6 (6/37) gmail-remote:[Gmail]/Sent Mail -> gmail-local:[gmail].sent
...
 Copy message UID 35 (34/37) gmail-remote:[Gmail]/Sent Mail -> gmail-local:[gmail].sent
 Copy message UID 36 (35/37) gmail-remote:[Gmail]/Sent Mail -> gmail-local:[gmail].sent
 Copy message UID 37 (36/37) gmail-remote:[Gmail]/Sent Mail -> gmail-local:[gmail].sent
 Copy message UID 38 (37/37) gmail-remote:[Gmail]/Sent Mail -> gmail-local:[gmail].sent
Folder [gmail]/sent [acc: gmail]:
 Syncing [gmail]/sent: Gmail -> GmailMaildir
Folder [gmail]/spam [remote name [Gmail]/Spam] [acc: gmail]:
 Syncing [Gmail]/Spam: Gmail -> GmailMaildir
Folder [gmail]/sent [acc: gmail]:
 Deleting 37 messages (1:29,31:38) in GmailMaildir[[gmail].sent]
Folder [gmail]/spam [remote name [Gmail]/Spam] [acc: gmail]:
 Copy message UID 342 (1/11) gmail-remote:[Gmail]/Spam -> gmail-local:[gmail].spam
 Copy message UID 343 (2/11) gmail-remote:[Gmail]/Spam -> gmail-local:[gmail].spam
 Copy message UID 344 (3/11) gmail-remote:[Gmail]/Spam -> gmail-local:[gmail].spam
 Copy message UID 345 (4/11) gmail-remote:[Gmail]/Spam -> gmail-local:[gmail].spam
 Copy message UID 346 (5/11) gmail-remote:[Gmail]/Spam -> gmail-local:[gmail].spam
 Copy message UID 347 (6/11) gmail-remote:[Gmail]/Spam -> gmail-local:[gmail].spam
 Copy message UID 348 (7/11) gmail-remote:[Gmail]/Spam -> gmail-local:[gmail].spam
 Copy message UID 349 (8/11) gmail-remote:[Gmail]/Spam -> gmail-local:[gmail].spam
 Copy message UID 350 (9/11) gmail-remote:[Gmail]/Spam -> gmail-local:[gmail].spam
 Copy message UID 351 (10/11) gmail-remote:[Gmail]/Spam -> gmail-local:[gmail].spam
 Copy message UID 352 (11/11) gmail-remote:[Gmail]/Spam -> gmail-local:[gmail].spam
Folder [gmail]/spam [acc: gmail]:
 Syncing [gmail]/spam: Gmail -> GmailMaildir
Folder [gmail]/trash [remote name [Gmail]/Trash] [acc: gmail]:
 Syncing [Gmail]/Trash: Gmail -> GmailMaildir
Folder [gmail]/spam [acc: gmail]:
 Deleting 11 messages (342:352) in GmailMaildir[[gmail].spam]
Folder inbox [remote name INBOX] [acc: gmail]:
 Syncing INBOX: Gmail -> GmailMaildir
Folder [gmail]/trash [acc: gmail]:
 Syncing [gmail]/trash: Gmail -> GmailMaildir
Account sync gmail:
 Calling hook: notmuch new && notifymuch
 Hook stdout: No new mail. Removed 7 messages.

Hook stderr:

 Hook return code: 0
 *** Finished account 'gmail' in 4:39