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Comment by ltiger

5 hours ago

It actually does use IMAP! The app connects directly to Google's IMAP servers via SSL straight from your machine.

I intentionally chose a local IMAP pipeline over the official Gmail API because of platform gatekeeping. To use the API for this, Google forces independent developers into a "Restricted Scope" tier, which requires an annual $15,000+ third-party security assessment.

Going the local IMAP route lets me bypass that completely while keeping user data 100% local and secure.

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kbelder  3 hours ago

I don't like how somebody is flagging/downvoting all your comments. This is about your product; it's highly relevant, whatever somebody might think about it.

  • mmh0000  3 hours ago

    I don't think it's just "somebody"; I think it's a lot of bodies. I'm downvoting him too because he vibe-coded a super simple "app", then is trying to sell it here as some life-saving tool .

    My main complaints:

    - Why is this $30?

    - Why is it Windows/Mac only?

    - Why is it Gmail only when it's using IMAP?

    But what really irks me is that you know you can do this exact thing with like two Linux CLI commands?

      ``` 
  $ offlineimap -c <configfile with credentials>
  $ mae export --maildir=test/fixtures/simple --output-dir=test/tmp_output
  ```

    [1] https://github.com/mrtazz/mae