Joe Yates

Currently test/postgresql_connection_test.cpp uses $n and test/sqlite3_connection_test.cpp uses $. Allow use of $ in both.

Hi @acavalin This would certainly be useful, but I'm worried about the complexity it might introduce. It would require the intorduction of a wildcard-based blacklist to the config. Currently, imap-backup...

Thanks the clarification. Let's close for now - if someone comes up with a PR for this, we can see how it pans out!

Having blacklists seems like an interesting thing to handle. I'll reopen to track this while we look into the matter.

I've just released version 8.0.0. In the new release, folders can be backlisted or whitelisted. You can opt to choose folders to **exclude** from backups, as against the default behaviour...

Hi @galmok thanks for the question. Currently, `imap-backup` does not save this info in the backup. Theoretically, imap-backup could save message metadata (like the read/unread status) in its '.imap' files....

Hi @galmok I've just released version 7.0.1 which backs up and restores email flags.

Hi @cmol Using the XDG spec makes a lot of sense. Any PR that implements this would be welcome.

Reopening this in the hope of attracting comment on the following: # Why? The advantage of adopting the XDG spec is that imap-backup would not "pollute" the user's home directory...

I've just released imap-backup version 8.0.0.rc1. It has configurable location for the configuration file, via the `--config PATH` parameter.