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So my offlineimap.conf looks like this:

[general]

accounts = Gmail-raub



[Account Gmail-raub]

localrepository = Gmaillocal-mine

remoterepository = Gmailserver-mine

synclabels = yes

# This header is where labels go.  Usually you will be fine

# with default value (X-Keywords), but in case you want it

# different, here we go:

labelsheader = X-Keywords



[Repository Gmailserver-mine]

#This is the remote repository

type = Gmail

ssl = yes

remotepass = super-sercret-password

remoteuser = my-account@gmail.com

sslcacertfile = /etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt

ssl_version = tls1_2



folderfilter = lambda folder: folder in ('[Gmail]/Drafts')



[Repository Gmaillocal-mine]

#This is the 'local' repository

# type = Maildir

type = GmailMaildir

localfolders = ~/mail/gmail_offlineimap

With the above settings I am able to download Drafts, but if I replace [Gmail]/Drafts folderfilter entry with the [Gmail]/Inbox, it starts as usual

offlineimap -d imap -c offlineimap.conf 

OfflineIMAP 6.7.0

  Licensed under the GNU GPL v2 or any later version (with an OpenSSL exception)

Debug mode: Forcing to singlethreaded.

Now debugging for imap: IMAP protocol debugging

Now debugging for : Other offlineimap related sync messages

Account sync Gmail-raub:

 [imap]: Using authentication mechanisms ['GSSAPI', 'XOAUTH2', 'CRAM-MD5', 'PLAI

N', 'LOGIN']

 *** Processing account Gmail-raub

 Establishing connection to imap.gmail.com:993

 [imap]:   39:53.12 Account sync Gmail-raub imaplib2 version 2.52

 [imap]:   39:53.12 Account sync Gmail-raub imaplib2 debug level 5, buffer level

 3

and then authenticates and lists all the different mail folders I have. And then filter them all out because of my folderfilter setting. But then it just closes the connection:

    [...]

[imap]:   35:06.22 Account sync Gmail-raub state => LOGOUT

     [imap]:   35:06.22 Account sync Gmail-raub [sync] LOGOUT ()

     [imap]:   35:06.22 Account sync Gmail-raub state_change_pending.acquire

     [imap]:   35:06.22 Account sync Gmail-raub _request_push(IDEE11, LOGOUT, {}) = IDEE11

     [imap]:   35:06.22 Account sync Gmail-raub data=IDEE11 LOGOUT

    imap.gmail.com writer:

     [imap]:   35:06.22 imap.gmail.com writer > IDEE11 LOGOUTrn

    Account sync Gmail-raub:

     [imap]:   35:06.22 Account sync Gmail-raub LOGOUT:IDEE11.ready.wait

    imap.gmail.com reader:

     [imap]:   35:06.29 imap.gmail.com reader poll => [(4, 1)]

     [imap]:   35:06.29 imap.gmail.com reader rcvd 57

     [imap]:   35:06.29 imap.gmail.com reader < * BYE LOGOUT Requestedrn

     [imap]:   35:06.29 imap.gmail.com reader < IDEE11 OK 73 good day (Success)rn

    imap.gmail.com handler:

     [imap]:   35:06.29 imap.gmail.com handler _put_response(* BYE LOGOUT Requested)

     [imap]:   35:06.29 imap.gmail.com handler untagged_responses[BYE] 0 += ["LOGOUT Requested"]

     [imap]:   35:06.29 imap.gmail.com handler BYE response: LOGOUT Requested

     [imap]:   35:06.29 imap.gmail.com handler terminating: 'connection terminated'

     [imap]:   35:06.29 imap.gmail.com handler LOGOUT:IDEE11.ready.set

    imap.gmail.com writer:

     [imap]:   35:06.29 imap.gmail.com writer finished

    imap.gmail.com handler:

     [imap]:   35:06.29 imap.gmail.com handler state_change_free.set

     [imap]:   35:06.29 imap.gmail.com handler finished

    imap.gmail.com reader:

     [imap]:   35:06.30 imap.gmail.com reader poll => [(4, 1)]

     [imap]:   35:06.30 imap.gmail.com reader rcvd 0

    Account sync Gmail-raub:

     [imap]:   35:06.34 Account sync Gmail-raub ["<class 'offlineimap.imaplib2.abort'>: command: LOGOUT => connection terminated"]

     [imap]:   35:06.34 Account sync Gmail-raub _close_threads

     [imap]:   35:06.34 Account sync Gmail-raub call shutdown

    imap.gmail.com reader:

     [imap]:   35:06.40 imap.gmail.com reader finished

    Account sync Gmail-raub:

     [imap]:   35:06.40 Account sync Gmail-raub state_change_pending.release

     [imap]:   35:06.40 Account sync Gmail-raub connection closed

     [imap]:   35:06.40 Account sync Gmail-raub _get_untagged_response(BYE) => ['LOGOUT Requested']

     *** Finished account 'Gmail-raub' in 0:01

Why did it terminate the connection? Does it not like [Gmail]/Inbox? I also tried

# folderfilter = lambda folder: folder in ('[Gmail]/INBOX')

# folderfilter = lambda folder: folder in ('INBOX')

and either of them result in a different (but the same between them) error:

ERROR: getfolder() asked for a nonexisting folder 'INBOX'.

It doesn't "like" Inbox, because the inbox's name is all uppercase, named

INBOX

Trying with a small Python script

import getpass, imaplib



M = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL('pop.gmail.com', 'imaps')

M.login('user.id@gmail.com', getpass.getpass())



ret, data = M.select('INBOX', True)

print(ret, data)

M.close()



M.logout()