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+#!/bin/bash
+# sync offlineimap if you have connection to the internet
+# and you can ping your imap server successfully.
+# shamelessly stolen from
+# https://hobo.house/2015/09/09/take-control-of-your-email-with-mutt-offlineimap-notmuch/
+
+imapserver=$(cat ~/.offlineimaprc | grep remotehost | awk '{print $3}')
+imapactive=$(ps -ef | grep '[o]fflineimap' | wc -l)
+netactive=$(ping -c3 $imapserver >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo up || echo down)
+mailsync="/usr/bin/offlineimap"
+
+# kill offlineimap if active, sometimes it hangs
+case $imapactive in
+'1')
+ killall offlineimap && sleep 5
+;;
+esac
+
+# Check that you can access the SMTP server
+case $netactive in
+'up')
+ $mailsync
+;;
+'down')
+ :
+;;
+esac