<DKIM> offlineimap configuration file and variables

Jethro Tull heavytull at hotmail.com
Thu Jan 19 21:35:11 GMT 2017


On Wed, 18 Jan, 2017, 17:58:59 +0100, Nicolas Sebrecht wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 12:38:36AM +0000, Jethro Tull wrote:
> > I have written a script for folderfilter and nametrans which I load in the
> > [general] section like this:
> > 
> > [general]
> > ...
> > pythonfile = ~/my_script.py
> > 
> > It contains a function that takes as argument a list containing all folders and
> > their corresponding local names. I would like to define the list, say,
> > "gmail_list", in the offlineimap config file, which is what I tried but it
> > doesn't seem to work. offlineimap complains like this "  global name
> > 'gmail_list' is not defined". While "gmail_list" is defined in the [general]
> > section. I even tried defining it in [Repository gmaillocal] and [Repository
> > gmailremote]. The result is always the same.
> 
> Please, share both the pythonfile and the folderfilter configuration
> line.
why not sharing the python file, though my question was simply about whether
variables could be defined directly into offlineimap config file for use in
functions loaded through the "pythonfile = ..." option. How does offlineimap
parse its config file?

> 
> -- 
> Nicolas Sebrecht




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