From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/83154 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: Thu, 16 May 2013 09:47:31 +0200 Message-ID: <87wqqzcqng.fsf@krugs.de> References: <874ne3xwpu.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1368702416 12519 80.91.229.3 (16 May 2013 11:06:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 16 May 2013 11:06:56 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ding@gnus.org To: Eric Abrahamsen Original-X-From: ding-owner+M31420@lists.math.uh.edu Thu May 16 13:06:55 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 1Ucw1O-0007KJ-ND for ding-account@gmane.org; Thu, 16 May 2013 13:06:55 +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 1Ucvzl-0006OD-HB; Thu, 16 May 2013 06:05:13 -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 1Ucsuh-0005Qi-4b for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Thu, 16 May 2013 02:47:47 -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 1Ucsub-00030L-Ly for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Thu, 16 May 2013 02:47:46 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-wi0-f181.google.com ([209.85.212.181]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UcsuZ-00021s-W8 for ding@gnus.org; Thu, 16 May 2013 09:47:40 +0200 Original-Received: by mail-wi0-f181.google.com with SMTP id hi5so2408521wib.2 for ; Thu, 16 May 2013 00:47:34 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to :message-id:user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=FJiv/wwW3Ldg+ZwkBU8bV8EG3UB0p5tbg2P9NI4TTOY=; b=CNRO0TsQyrBIK8ayhospKrT4qWOxcq9M3qrBV4n+53h0t6Hx2wVenNRhVxa0Hsi+Yj PsHfcRdgfGf/Eb2dmUQG2BhljKMUALVLtDJNRLCd+GEU4K3V2iKdXpGb2QE0GuzzCsRj Fhi6S19wSL4mllpottONO/y1OfceAUkqFzKLPDhJJ2YBiNwmi7gG8h1Bzxz2VtAa1OxJ YZ2XEPAhSpxCTgE/3i4PVKD4BWHF5yodjr2wCteXZ9+ccL86+dWg4mlPo1G7dbZnRDk5 xnUl0Ppn/AVSbtJfjbW+QPPSJLaq0xjj4gWIvcGhP8KBs2wx9Ag4GBnqEP8c7zWMYOG2 3YXg== X-Received: by 10.180.198.49 with SMTP id iz17mr21800452wic.19.1368690454402; Thu, 16 May 2013 00:47:34 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from ecolmod ([2a01:e35:8baa:b070:d443:2dc9:5d5d:c4f3]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id eq15sm1908020wic.4.2013.05.16.00.47.32 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Thu, 16 May 2013 00:47:33 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <874ne3xwpu.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> (Eric Abrahamsen's message of "Thu, 16 May 2013 14:30:53 +0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) X-Spam-Score: -2.9 (--) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:83154 Archived-At: 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. 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> -- Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany) Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology Stellenbosch University South Africa Tel : +33 - (0)9 53 10 27 44 Cell: +33 - (0)6 85 62 59 98 Fax : +33 - (0)9 58 10 27 44 Fax (D): +49 - (0)3 21 21 25 22 44 email: Rainer@krugs.de Skype: RMkrug