From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/83166 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Rainer@krugs.de (Rainer M. Krug) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: isync plus dovecot? Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 11:06:56 +0200 Message-ID: <871u96asb3.fsf@krugs.de> References: <874ne3xwpu.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87wqqzcqng.fsf@krugs.de> <87r4h7w4dt.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1368781702 23191 80.91.229.3 (17 May 2013 09:08:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 09:08:22 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M31432@lists.math.uh.edu Fri May 17 11:08:21 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UdGeB-0003zh-6S for ding-account@gmane.org; Fri, 17 May 2013 11:08:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by util0.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1UdGdE-000491-Hp; Fri, 17 May 2013 04:07:20 -0500 Original-Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.32]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1UdGdB-00048h-Hr for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Fri, 17 May 2013 04:07:17 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1UdGd6-0001Px-FF for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Fri, 17 May 2013 04:07:17 -0500 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UdGd5-0004hm-2F for ding@gnus.org; Fri, 17 May 2013 11:07:11 +0200 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UdGd3-00034L-Jq for ding@gnus.org; Fri, 17 May 2013 11:07:09 +0200 Original-Received: from arn78-1-88-186-171-7.fbx.proxad.net ([88.186.171.7]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 17 May 2013 11:07:09 +0200 Original-Received: from Rainer by arn78-1-88-186-171-7.fbx.proxad.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 17 May 2013 11:07:09 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 79 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: arn78-1-88-186-171-7.fbx.proxad.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:qAB+xMQG+6+D7NImhpw+cueJSJk= X-Spam-Score: -2.5 (--) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:83166 Archived-At: Eric Abrahamsen writes: > Rainer@krugs.de (Rainer M. Krug) writes: > >> Eric Abrahamsen writes: >> >>> I'm finally trying to ditch nnml for mail reading, and move to imap. >>> Offlineimap plus dovecot seems to be a popular solution (I am offline a >>> lot), but I also saw a lot of complaints about offlineimap, and the >>> suggestion of isync/mbsync as a replacement. >> >> I am using offlineimap, and I also saw many complains (and had a few >> problems myself and looked at isync briefly), but it is now running >> solidly, after I reduced the >> number of emails in a folder (or tag, as I am syncing from gmail to >> localhost, also dovecot). >> >> One reason which kept me at offlineimap is that it seems to be more >> widely used then isync. >> >> So I can only say it works for me. > > Thanks! Anecdotal evidence is definitely important. I'm also using > multiple gmail addresses, and have never bothered much with tags/folders > as I've always used a mail client. I'm currently pulling down 55,000 > messages in one account's INBOX, do you think that's likely to cause me > problems? I experienced problems with my All Mail folder which was more then 200,000 messages, but, if I remember correctly,around 50,000 was fine. So I would say: try it. By the way: I am using offlineimap at the moment as daemon (not via cron) and it seems to be working a) faster and b) more stable. Cheers, Rainer > > Thanks again, > Eric > >> >> Cheers, >> >> Rainer >> >> >>> >>> Has anyone done that? I realize this isn't quite a gnus question, but >>> I'm having a bit of trouble wrapping my head around this, and google >>> isn't helping any. >>> >>> Specifically, you tell offlineimap to deliver to dovecot with a line >>> like: >>> >>> preauthtunnel = /usr/lib/dovecot/imap -o mail_location=maildir:$HOME/Maildir >>> >>> I can't find the equivalent command for mbsync. I don't know if it's >>> possible, and worse I don't really understand what's going on well >>> enough to really figure it out logically. >>> >>> Is it enough just to have mbsync dump to a Maildir directly, and then >>> tell gnus to access that maildir via dovecot? >>> >>> Any pointers very welcome! >>> >>> Eric >>> >>> >>> >> <#secure method=pgpmime mode=sign> > > > <#secure method=pgpmime mode=sign>