On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 5:35 PM, arnaud gaboury <arnaud.gaboury@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello all, > > I have a Mutt+msmtp+offlineimap set up. This has been working very > well for the past weeks. > offlineimap is croned each 3 minutes. > > Since one hour, Mutt is no more receiving incoming emails. I only see > them on the gmail website or on my mobile device. > When I run $offlineimap it returns this error: > > ERROR: Exceptions occurred during the run! > ERROR: While attempting to sync account 'Gmail' > [ALERT] Account exceeded command or bandwidth limits. (Failure) > > > After some readings, it seems this is a common issue, but I couldn't > find any clear answer how to deal with it. Then, I have no idea why > suddenly one hour ago offlineimap stop syncing as I didn't received > neither sent any attached files! > > Please help if someone knows how to deal. > > Regards. You probably set it to sync too often. Stop trying to sync for a day or so (and set your frequency lower). Contrary to popular belief, being 10 minutes late getting an email probably WON'T get you killed or fired =)