Gmail bak folder?

[Mathias Korber]

On 22/1/18 16:59, Nicolas Sebrecht wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 10:56:43AM +0800, Mathias Korber wrote:
> 
>> No, There are no 'bak' folders visible in the Gmail
>> interface itself but when I sync via offlineimap, I get
> 
> <...>
> 
>> on another account:
>>
>> drwxrwxrwx  1 mathias  staff  264 Jan 20 16:44 bak.bin.mail
>> drwxrwxrwx  1 mathias  staff  264 Jan 20 16:44 bak.drafts
>> drwxrwxrwx  1 mathias  staff  264 Jan 20 16:44 bak.flagged
>> drwxrwxrwx  1 mathias  staff  264 Jan 20 16:44 bak.important
>> drwxrwxrwx  1 mathias  staff  264 Jan 20 16:44 bak.sent
>> drwxrwxrwx  1 mathias  staff  264 Jan 20 16:44 bak.spam
>> drwxrwxrwx  1 mathias  staff  264 Jan 20 16:44 bak.trash
>> drwxrwxrwx  1 mathias  staff  264 Jan 20 16:44 inbox
>>
>> and so on. it seems to me they are linked to flags in Gmail?
> 
> What is your remote repository type? Is it Gmail or IMAP?
> What is your local repository type? Maildir or GmailMaildir?
> 

Remote = Gmail
Local = Maildir

That may actually be the issue. I missed that there is a separate
GmailMailDir type?

I am only syncing one way (backup) with

Remote:
read-only = true