Offlineimap erroneously deletes 10,000 emails

[martin f krafft]

also sprach seanh <snhmnd at gmail.com> [2011.05.19.1906 +0200]:
> The IMAP server was the one at lavabit.com. If I can do anything
> to get info about the server that might help, just ask. If I can
> get details with which to make a bug report to lavabit I'll do so.

I'd say this is a case where lavabit empties out the Archive folder,
e.g. removing messages older than X months or something. Offlineimap
has no fault in this. It deleted the local messages because they
were deleted on the server, and its job is to sync.

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