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# gpg-offlineimap
Python bindings for offlineimap to use gpg instead of storing cleartext passwords
Author: Lorenzo G.
[GitHub](https://github.com/lorenzog/gpg-offlineimap)
## Quickstart
Requirements: a working GPG set-up. Ideally with gpg-agent. Should work
out of the box on most modern Linux desktop environments.
1. Enable IMAP in gmail (if you have two factor authentication, you
need to create an app-specific password)
2. Create a directory `~/Mail`
3. In `~/Mail`, create a password file `passwords-gmail.txt`. Format:
`account@gmail.com password`. Look at the example file in this
directory.
4. **ENCRYPT** the file: `gpg -e passwords-gmail.txt`. It should create
a file `passwords-gmail.txt.gpg`. Check you can decrypt it: `gpg -d
passwords-gmail.txt.gpg`: it will ask you for your GPG password and
show it to you.
5. Use the file `offlineimaprc.sample` as a sample for your own
`.offlineimaprc`; edit it by following the comments. Minimal items
to configure: the `remoteuser` field and the `pythonfile` parameter
pointing at the `offlineimap.py` file in this directory.
6. Run it: `offlineimap`. It should ask you for your GPG passphrase to
decrypt the password file.
7. If all works well, delete the cleartext password file.
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