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+First, install the Python bindings for gnome-keyring:
+
+yum install gnome-python2-gnomekeyring
+Download the file ~/.offlineimap.py and add the following settings in ~/.offlineimaprc. This assumes that you use a local IMAP server.
+
+[general]
+
+pythonfile = ~/.offlineimap.py
+
+[Repository localhost]
+
+type = IMAP
+remotehost = localhost
+remoteusereval = get_username("localhost")
+remotepasseval = get_password("localhost")
+
+[Repository Zimbra]
+
+type = IMAP
+remotehost = mail.example.com
+remoteusereval = get_username("mail.example.com")
+remotepasseval = get_password("mail.example.com")
+Download the script imap-passwords and run it to add the IMAP usernames and passwords to your keyring. It will prompt you for server, username and password - use the same host names as in .offlineimaprc.
+
+Now you can run offlineimap in a loop to automatically restart it in the case of some unrecoverable error, like so:
+
+#!/bin/bash
+
+while true; do
+  /usr/bin/offlineimap
+  echo Restarting in 60 seconds ...
+  sleep 60
+done
+During the first run, gnome-keyring will ask you to authorize offlineimap to access your IMAP authentication data in the default keyring.
+
+Thanks to Sebastian Rittau for the Keyring Python module.
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