Re: syncing mail by simply syncing the filesystem

Subject: Re: syncing mail by simply syncing the filesystem

Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 10:37:16 -0300

To: Arvid Picciani

Cc: notmuch@notmuchmail.org

From: David Bremner


On Sat, 12 Jun 2010 15:23:45 +0200, Arvid Picciani <aep@exys.org> wrote:

> syncing maildir works.  notmuch's db resides inside your maildir, but its
> probably not safe to do while its running. And you can only have one
> place receive your mail, otherwise you loose tags.

Well, only one place where you mark things unread as well with this
approach. Otherwise updating the database in two places and attempting
to sync will lead to an unmergable conflict, won't it?

d


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