Re: isync plus dovecot?

[Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>]

Rainer@krugs.de (Rainer M. Krug) writes:

> Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> 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?

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
>>
>>
>>
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