This thread is inspired by Ævar's recipe [1] and Josef Bacik's recipe [2]. As I know that GMail have issues regarding delayed ML message delivery, I go trying to use lei to fetch ML messages into Thunderbird. After installing public-inbox (I have to build from public-inbox.org sources because there isn't yet official Debian/Ubuntu packages), I begin fetching Git ML messages up until 18 days ago (within public-inbox sources directory): lei q -o "mboxrd:mbox/git.mbox" -I https://lore.kernel.org/git -t 'a:git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx AND rt:18.days.ago..' Why mboxrd instead of Maildir? Because from formats within Mbox family, Thunderbird uses mboxrd format. After initial fetching, I update the mbox by: lei up mbox/git.mbox To automate this, I write simple script: ``` #!/bin/bash # replace with directory of your Thunderbird profile THUNDERBIRD_LOCAL=$HOME/.thunderbird/1a14l7jo.default-release/Mail/"Local Folders" MAILDIR=$HOME/public-inbox/mbox # add more mboxes name here if you have one MBOXES="git" for m in $MBOXES; do echo $m && $HOME/public-inbox/local/bin/lei up $MAILDIR/$m.mbox && cp $MAILDIR/$m.mbox "$THUNDERBIRD_LOCAL"/ done ``` and then set up systemd timer comprising of user service unit: ``` [Unit] Description=Lei update After=network.target [Service] Type=oneshot ExecStart=/home/bagas/.bin/lei-up Restart=on-failure [Install] WantedBy=default.target ``` and user timer unit that updates the mbox every 12:00 and 18:00: ``` [Unit] Description=Lei update timer [Timer] OnCalendar=*-*-* 12:00:00 OnCalendar=*-*-* 18:00:00 Persistent=true AccuracySec=1s [Install] WantedBy=timers.target ``` To fire up the timer, I simply do `systemctl --user enable lei.timer`. Hope this will be useful. [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/git/220202.86leyt8uly.gmgdl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ [2]: https://josefbacik.github.io/kernel/2021/10/18/lei-and-b4.html -- An old man doll... just what I always wanted! - Clara
