From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/14527 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Riley Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: my vs maildir Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2011 14:50:35 +0100 Organization: aich tea tea pea dicky riley dot net Message-ID: References: <87aajmrkgb.fsf@towardsfreedom.com> <87wrmpnfvm.fsf@towardsfreedom.com> <87vd26d7cs.fsf@nzebook.haselwarter.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1294065632 32539 80.91.229.12 (3 Jan 2011 14:40:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2011 14:40:32 +0000 (UTC) To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jan 03 15:40:28 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PZlaF-0005Ag-Bn for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Mon, 03 Jan 2011 15:40:27 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51264 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PZlaE-00063Q-K3 for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Mon, 03 Jan 2011 09:40:26 -0500 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!newsfeed.straub-nv.de!noris.net!news.n-ix.net!news.erfurt.thur.de!quimby.gnus.org!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus Original-Lines: 38 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 85.183.18.158 Original-X-Trace: quimby.gnus.org 1294062636 4345 85.183.18.158 (3 Jan 2011 13:50:36 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@quimby.gnus.org Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2011 13:50:36 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.gnus:85265 X-BeenThere: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Announcements and discussions for GNUS, the GNU Emacs Usenet newsreader \(in English\)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:14527 Archived-At: Brett Viren writes: > On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 9:54 PM, Philipp Haselwarter > wrote: >> >> That being said - I also still run dovecot as server: for >> offlineimap. Dno if offlineimap could do without a server, guess I'll >> have to take a look. > > It can. Here is an example of IMAP-to-IMAP sync using direct calls > instead of server connections. The remote goes through SSH. > > [Repository LocalIMAP] > type = IMAP > preauthtunnel = MAIL=maildir:$HOME/Maildir /usr/lib/dovecot/imap > holdconnectionopen = yes > > [Repository RemoteIMAP] > type = IMAP > remotehost = localhost #use SSH tunnel > remoteuser = USERNAME > preauthtunnel = ssh -q REMOTEHOST 'MAIL=maildir:$HOME/Maildir > /usr/lib/dovecot/imap' > maxconnections = 3 > > Adjust as appropriate. > > -Brett. > Out of idle curiosity, Why do you need to specifiy Maildir paths or even MAIL settings? If its IMAP just talk through IMAP the underlying storage should be of no interest to the client.