offlineimap is slow so I tried mbsync but got an IMAP store error...

Dear Folks,

I tried running mbsync with following mbsyncrc file:

IMAPAccount gmail
# Address to connect to
Host imap.gmail.com
User username@gmail.com
Pass ***************
# To store the password in an encrypted file use PassCmd instead of Pass
# PassCmd "gpg2 -q --for-your-eyes-only --no-tty -d ~/.mailpass.gpg"
#
# Use SSL
SSLType IMAPS
# The following line should work. If get certificate errors, uncomment the two following lines and read the "Troubleshooting" section.
CertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
#CertificateFile ~/.cert/imap.gmail.com.pem
#CertificateFile ~/.cert/Equifax_Secure_CA.pem

IMAPStore gmail-remote
Account gmail

MaildirStore gmail-local
# The trailing "/" is important
Path ~/.mail/gmail/
Inbox ~/.mail/gmail/Inbox

Channel gmail
Master :gmail-remote:
Slave :gmail-local:
# Exclude everything under the internal [Gmail] folder, except the interesting folders
Patterns * ![Gmail]* "[Gmail]/Sent Mail" "[Gmail]/Starred" "[Gmail]/All Mail"
# Or include everything
#Patterns *
# Automatically create missing mailboxes, both locally and on the server
Create Both
# Save the synchronization state files in the relevant directory
SyncState *

I set up the relevant mail folder directories and installed isync etc.

I got an XOAUTH error and added Port 993 which cured the problem but then I got another error:

"IMAP store has both account and account-specific options"

What sort of problem is this error pointing to here?

Comments appreciated

Regards

Michael Fothergill

PS I will post up how much faster mbsync is in my case cf offlineimap when I get it running.