Bug#524834: ITP: syncmaildir -- Sync Mail Dir is a set of tools to synchronize Maildirs
On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 05:35:20PM +0200, Adeodato Simó wrote:
> So does it support (or will it support) using it in the “fetch from
> server, read/delete some stuff on client, maybe read some stuff on the
> server, push to server” mode, and it’ll do all the smart sync stuff (I’m
> told) OfflineIMAP does?
Sorry, but I don't get it. I'll try to answer anyway...
You have 2 commands: smd-pull that propagates chenges made on the server
to the client, and smd-push that does the opposite. These changes
include adding a message, deleting one, renaming, updaing the header...
I usually pull more frequently than push, so the updating cycle you are
describing is not strictly necessary in smd. In any case, the words
server and client don't make any real sense here, it is very symmetric.
I think I'll (I'm also the upstream) develop some sort while-true script
that will iterate pull and push and eventually notify the user if
something goes wrong with some modern eye-candy technology.
AFAIK OfflineIMAP gives you (or will give you soon) something more
called always-connected-with-ther-server-to-fetch-mail-ASAP option
that smd does not provide right now (and that I really don't miss: since
pulling is quite fast for the moment I'm not missing the while true
script either...). Moreover OfflineIMAP is well tested, and smd is not
beeing a *very* young software.
Cheers
--
Enrico Tassi
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