diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+.idea
+attachments/
+config.yml
+emails.db
+emails.db-journal
+
 # ---> Python
 # Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
 __pycache__/
@@ -159,4 +165,3 @@ cython_debug/
 #  and can be added to the global gitignore or merged into this file.  For a more nuclear
 #  option (not recommended) you can uncomment the following to ignore the entire idea folder.
 #.idea/
-
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6f4a36b..3fd5724 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,23 @@
 # imap-archiver
 
-Archive the content on your email account.
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+_Archive the content on your email account._
+
+A very simple way to sync your email account with the goal of backing up all your emails.
+
+Saves attachments to disk and stores the emails in an SQLite database.
+
+No viewer yet, but the database is organized to do so. Does not support different accounts.
+
+## Install
+
+1. Create a venv
+2. `pip install -r requirements.txt`
+3. `cp config.yml.sample config.yml`
+4. Edit `config.yml` and configure your login info.
+5. `python3 run.py`
+
+A systemd service is included.
+
+## To Do
+
+- [ ] Fix subject decoding. Some character sets aren't detected correctly.
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diff --git a/config.yml.sample b/config.yml.sample
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.yml.sample
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+server: imap.example.com
+username: bob@example.com
+password: password123
+
+database_path: emails.db
+attachments_path: attachments
+
+exclude_folders:
+  - Trash
+  - Drafts
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diff --git a/iarchiver/__init__.py b/iarchiver/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/iarchiver/database.py b/iarchiver/database.py
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/iarchiver/database.py
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+import json
+import re
+import sqlite3
+import time
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import List
+
+from iarchiver.mail import FileAttachment, FileAttachmentEncoder
+
+
+def is_valid_table_name(table_name):
+    return re.match(r'^[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*$', table_name) is not None
+
+
+def sanitize_table_name(name):
+    name = name.replace('/', '_')
+    # Remove any non-alphanumeric characters
+    sanitized_name = re.sub(r'\W+', '', name)
+    # If the first character is a digit, prepend an underscore
+    if sanitized_name and sanitized_name[0].isdigit():
+        sanitized_name = '_' + sanitized_name
+    return sanitized_name
+
+
+class EmailDatabase:
+    __restricted_strings = ['folders_mapping', 'syncs']
+
+    def __init__(self, filepath: Path):
+        filepath = filepath.expanduser().absolute().resolve()
+        self.conn = sqlite3.connect(filepath)
+        cursor = self.conn.cursor()
+        cursor.execute(f'CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS folders_mapping (name TEXT UNIQUE, table_name TEXT UNIQUE)')
+        cursor.execute(f'CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS syncs (timestamp INTEGER UNIQUE, type TEXT)')
+        self.conn.commit()
+        cursor.close()
+
+    def __create_table(self, table_name: str):
+        sanitized_table_name = sanitize_table_name(table_name)
+        if sanitized_table_name in self.__restricted_strings:
+            raise ValueError(f'Invalid table name, conflicts with system tables: {table_name}')
+        cursor = self.conn.cursor()
+        cursor.execute(f'CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS {sanitized_table_name} (timestamp INTEGER, to_email TEXT, from_email TEXT, subject TEXT, raw TEXT, attachments TEXT, id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT)')
+        cursor.execute('INSERT OR IGNORE INTO folders_mapping (name, table_name) VALUES (?, ?)', (table_name, sanitized_table_name))
+        self.conn.commit()
+        cursor.close()
+
+    def insert_email(self, folder: str, timestamp: int, subject: str, raw: str, to_email: str, from_email: str, attachments: List[FileAttachment]):
+        sanitized_table_name = sanitize_table_name(folder)
+        self.__create_table(folder)
+        cursor = self.conn.cursor()
+
+        # Check if record already exists
+        stmt_check = f"SELECT * FROM {sanitized_table_name} WHERE timestamp = ? AND raw = ?"
+        cursor.execute(stmt_check, (timestamp, raw))
+        data = cursor.fetchone()
+
+        # If record does not exist, insert it
+        new_email = False
+        if data is None:
+            stmt = f"INSERT INTO {sanitized_table_name} (timestamp, to_email, from_email, subject, raw, attachments) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)"
+            cursor.execute(stmt, (timestamp, to_email, from_email, subject, raw, json.dumps(attachments, cls=FileAttachmentEncoder)))
+            self.conn.commit()
+            new_email = True
+        cursor.close()
+        return new_email
+
+    def finish_sync(self, sync_type: str):
+        now = int(time.time())
+        cursor = self.conn.cursor()
+        cursor.execute('INSERT INTO syncs (timestamp, type) VALUES (?, ?)', (now, sync_type))
+        self.conn.commit()
+        cursor.close()
+        return now
+
+    def have_we_done_a_full_sync_at_all(self):
+        cursor = self.conn.cursor()
+        cursor.execute("SELECT * FROM syncs ORDER BY timestamp LIMIT 1")
+        row = cursor.fetchone()
+        cursor.close()
+        if row is not None:
+            return row[0]
+        else:
+            return None
diff --git a/iarchiver/email.py b/iarchiver/email.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee85179
--- /dev/null
+++ b/iarchiver/email.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import re
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+from typing import Union
+
+
+def extract_emails(field: str):
+    matches = re.findall(r'([a-zA-Z0-9+._-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+\.[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)', field.lower())
+    return tuple({str(x) for x in matches})
+
+
+def unix_timestamp_since_to_imap_timestamp(unix_timestamp: Union[int, float]) -> str:
+    return (datetime.fromtimestamp(unix_timestamp) - timedelta(days=1)).strftime("%d-%b-%Y")
diff --git a/iarchiver/mail.py b/iarchiver/mail.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c56552
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+++ b/iarchiver/mail.py
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+import concurrent.futures
+import email
+import hashlib
+import imaplib
+import time
+from email.header import decode_header
+from email.utils import parsedate_to_datetime
+from json import JSONEncoder
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import chardet
+
+from iarchiver.email import extract_emails
+
+
+def md5_chunked(data: bytes, size: int = 1024):
+    m = hashlib.md5()
+    for i in range(0, len(data), size):
+        m.update(data[i:i + size])
+    return m.hexdigest()
+
+
+class FileAttachment:
+    def __init__(self, file_name: str, file_hash: str):
+        self.filename = file_name
+        self.hash = file_hash
+
+    def to_dict(self):
+        return {'filename': self.filename, 'hash': self.hash}
+
+
+class FileAttachmentEncoder(JSONEncoder):
+    def default(self, o):
+        if isinstance(o, FileAttachment):
+            return o.to_dict()
+        return super().default(o)
+
+
+class MailConnection:
+    def __init__(self, host: str, username: str, password: str, attachments_dir: Path):
+        self.mail = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL(host)
+        self.mail.login(username, password)
+        self.attachments_dir = attachments_dir.expanduser().absolute().resolve()
+        self.folder_structure = {}
+
+    def load_folders(self):
+        folders = [tuple(f.decode().split(' "/" ')[1].replace('"', '').split('/')) for f in self.mail.list()[1]]
+        folder_structure = {}
+        for f in folders:
+            if not folder_structure.get(f[0]):
+                folder_structure[f[0]] = []
+            if len(f) > 1:
+                folder_structure[f[0]].append(f[1])
+        self.folder_structure = folder_structure
+        return self.folder_structure
+
+    def __fetch_email(self, i):
+        result, data = self.mail.uid('fetch', str(i), '(BODY[])')  # fetch the raw email
+        if data[0] is None:
+            return
+        raw_email_bytes = data[0][1]
+        detected = chardet.detect(raw_email_bytes)
+        encoding = detected['encoding']
+        if not encoding:
+            encoding = 'utf-8'
+        raw_email = raw_email_bytes.decode(encoding, errors='replace')
+        email_message = email.message_from_string(raw_email)
+        date_header = email_message['Date']
+        date = parsedate_to_datetime(date_header)
+        unix_timestamp = int(time.mktime(date.timetuple()))
+
+        from_header = ', '.join(extract_emails(email_message['From']))
+        to_header = ', '.join(extract_emails(email_message['To']))
+        if '@' not in to_header:
+            to_header = email_message['To']
+
+        subject_header = email_message['Subject']
+        if subject_header:
+            subject = decode_header(subject_header)[0][0]
+            if isinstance(subject, bytes):
+                try:
+                    detected = chardet.detect(subject)
+                    encoding = detected['encoding']
+                    if not encoding:
+                        encoding = 'utf-8'
+                    subject = subject.decode(encoding, errors='replace')
+                except UnicodeDecodeError:
+                    subject = subject.decode('utf-8')
+        else:
+            return
+
+        attachments = []
+        if email_message.is_multipart():
+            for part in email_message.walk():
+                content_type = part.get_content_type()
+                content_disposition = str(part.get("Content-Disposition"))
+                if "attachment" in content_disposition:
+                    filename = part.get_filename()
+                    if filename:
+                        # The filename of the file is the hash of its content, which should de-duplicate files.
+                        filecontents = part.get_payload(decode=True)
+                        filehash = md5_chunked(filecontents)
+                        part.set_payload(filehash)  # replace the attachment with its hash
+                        filepath = self.attachments_dir / filehash
+                        file_obj = FileAttachment(filename, filehash)
+                        if not filepath.is_file():
+                            with open(filepath, 'wb') as f:
+                                f.write(filecontents)
+                        attachments.append(file_obj)
+        raw_email_clean = email_message.as_string()
+        return unix_timestamp, to_header, from_header, subject, raw_email_clean, attachments
+
+    def fetch_folder(self, folder: str, search_criterion: str = 'ALL', max_threads: int = 1):
+        """
+        Don't use multiple threads because most mail servers don't allow the client to multiplex.
+        """
+        self.mail.select(f'"{folder}"')
+        result, data = self.mail.uid('search', None, search_criterion)
+        mail_ids = data[0]
+        id_list = mail_ids.split()
+        if not len(id_list):
+            # Empty folder
+            return
+        first_email_id = int(id_list[0])
+        latest_email_id = int(id_list[-1])
+
+        with concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=max_threads) as executor:
+            futures = {executor.submit(self.__fetch_email, i) for i in range(latest_email_id, first_email_id, -1)}
+            for future in concurrent.futures.as_completed(futures):
+                result = future.result()
+                if result is not None:
+                    yield result
diff --git a/imaparchiver.service b/imaparchiver.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac99a9f
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+++ b/imaparchiver.service
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+[Unit]
+Description=IMAP archiver service
+Wants=network-online.target
+After=network-online.target
+
+[Service]
+User=emailsync
+Group=emailsync
+ExecStart=/srv/email/imap-archiver/venv/bin/python3 /srv/email/imap-archiver/run.py --config /srv/email/imap-archiver/config.yml
+SyslogIdentifier=imap-archiver
+Restart=on-failure
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d218722
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+pyyaml==6.0.1
+chardet==5.2.0
+humanize==4.9.0
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diff --git a/run.py b/run.py
new file mode 100755
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+++ b/run.py
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import argparse
+import logging
+import sys
+from datetime import datetime
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import humanize
+import yaml
+
+from iarchiver.database import EmailDatabase
+from iarchiver.email import unix_timestamp_since_to_imap_timestamp
+from iarchiver.mail import MailConnection
+
+
+def main(args):
+    logging.basicConfig()
+    logger = logging.getLogger('iarchiver')
+    logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+    with open(args.config) as f:
+        config = yaml.safe_load(f)
+
+    exclude_folders = config.get('exclude_folders', [])
+
+    if not config.get('server') or not config.get('username') or not config.get('password') or not config.get('database_path') or not config.get('attachments_path'):
+        logger.critical('Bad config file.')
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    attachments_dir = Path(config['attachments_path'])
+    attachments_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+    database = EmailDatabase(Path(config['database_path']))
+    mail = MailConnection(config['server'], config['username'], config['password'], attachments_dir)
+    mail.load_folders()
+
+    logger.info(f'Syncing {len(mail.folder_structure.keys())} folders...')
+
+    new_emails = 0
+    new_attachments = 0
+    did_full_sync = False
+    sync_start_time = datetime.now()
+
+    for parent_folder, subfolders in mail.folder_structure.items():
+        if parent_folder in exclude_folders:
+            # Exclude folder
+            continue
+        for folder in [parent_folder, *subfolders]:
+            folder_name = parent_folder + '/' + folder
+            if folder_name == f'{parent_folder}/{parent_folder}':
+                folder_name = parent_folder
+            if folder_name in exclude_folders:
+                # Exclude folder
+                continue
+            logger.info(folder_name)
+            last_refresh = database.have_we_done_a_full_sync_at_all()
+            if last_refresh:
+                date = unix_timestamp_since_to_imap_timestamp(last_refresh)
+                search_criterion = '(SINCE "' + date + '")'
+            else:
+                did_full_sync = True
+                search_criterion = 'ALL'
+
+            for email in mail.fetch_folder(folder_name, search_criterion=search_criterion):
+                timestamp, to_email, from_email, subject, raw, attachments = email
+                is_new_email = database.insert_email(folder_name, timestamp, subject, raw, to_email, from_email, attachments)
+                if is_new_email:
+                    new_emails += 1
+                if len(attachments):
+                    new_attachments += 1
+
+    database.finish_sync('refresh' if not did_full_sync else 'full')
+
+    elapsed = datetime.now() - sync_start_time
+    logger.info(f'Finished email {"refresh" if not did_full_sync else "sync"} in {humanize.naturaldelta(elapsed)} and added {new_emails} new emails.')
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Sync and archive your IMAP server.')
+    parser.add_argument('--config', default='config.yml', help='Path to config file.')
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    main(args)