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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? 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>