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\" isync - IMAP4 to maildir mailbox synchronizer
Bunch 'o patches from Oswald Buddenhagen: i implemented some cool stuff (tm). first, the long missing "create server-side missing mailboxes". -C now creates both local and remote boxes; -L and -R create only local/remote. second, i implemented a 1:1 remote:local folder mapping (-1) with an optional INBOX exception (inbox/-I). the remote folder is specified with the folder keyword (or -F switch) and takes precedence over the namespace setting. the local directory with the mailboxes can now be specified on the command line, too (-M). another patch: - made the -1 switch settable permanently (OneToOne). after all, you usually define your mailbox layout once forever. removed -A, as it is semantically -a modified by -1. - cleaned up message output a bit. still, the quiet variable should be used throughout the program. at best, create some generic output function, which obeys a global verbosity level variable. - optimized + cleaned up configuration parser slightly - minor cleanups add an (almost) unique id to every uploaded message and search for it right after. i thought about using the message-id, but a) it is not guaranteed to be unique in a mailbox (imagine you edit a mail and store the dupe in the same box) and b) some mails (e.g., postponed) don't even have one. a downside of the current implementation is, that this id-header remains in the mailbox, but given that it wastes only 27 bytes per mail and removing it would mean several roundtrips more, this seems acceptable. i changed the line-counting loop to use a mmapped file instead of reading it in chunks, as it makes things simpler and is probably even faster for big mails. the amount of goto statements in my code may be scary, but c is simply lacking a multi-level break statement. :) this is the "shut up" patch. :) it makes the -q option consequent, so to say. additionally it adds an -l option which gathers all defined/found mailboxes and just outputs the list. don't ask what i need it for. ;)
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\" Copyright (C) 2000-2002 Michael R. Elkins <me@mutt.org>
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\"
\" This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
\" it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
\" the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
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\"
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\"
\" As a special exception, isync may be linked with the OpenSSL library,
\" despite that library's more restrictive license.
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.TH isync 1 "2002 Dec 22"
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.SH NAME
isync - synchronize IMAP4 and maildir mailboxes
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.SH SYNOPSIS
Bunch 'o patches from Oswald Buddenhagen: i implemented some cool stuff (tm). first, the long missing "create server-side missing mailboxes". -C now creates both local and remote boxes; -L and -R create only local/remote. second, i implemented a 1:1 remote:local folder mapping (-1) with an optional INBOX exception (inbox/-I). the remote folder is specified with the folder keyword (or -F switch) and takes precedence over the namespace setting. the local directory with the mailboxes can now be specified on the command line, too (-M). another patch: - made the -1 switch settable permanently (OneToOne). after all, you usually define your mailbox layout once forever. removed -A, as it is semantically -a modified by -1. - cleaned up message output a bit. still, the quiet variable should be used throughout the program. at best, create some generic output function, which obeys a global verbosity level variable. - optimized + cleaned up configuration parser slightly - minor cleanups add an (almost) unique id to every uploaded message and search for it right after. i thought about using the message-id, but a) it is not guaranteed to be unique in a mailbox (imagine you edit a mail and store the dupe in the same box) and b) some mails (e.g., postponed) don't even have one. a downside of the current implementation is, that this id-header remains in the mailbox, but given that it wastes only 27 bytes per mail and removing it would mean several roundtrips more, this seems acceptable. i changed the line-counting loop to use a mmapped file instead of reading it in chunks, as it makes things simpler and is probably even faster for big mails. the amount of goto statements in my code may be scary, but c is simply lacking a multi-level break statement. :) this is the "shut up" patch. :) it makes the -q option consequent, so to say. additionally it adds an -l option which gathers all defined/found mailboxes and just outputs the list. don't ask what i need it for. ;)
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\fBisync\fR [\fIoptions...\fR] \fImailbox\fR [\fImailbox ...\fR]
.br
\fBisync\fR [\fIoptions...\fR] \fI-a\fR
.br
\fBisync\fR [\fIoptions...\fR] \fI-l\fR
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.SH DESCRIPTION
Bunch 'o patches from Oswald Buddenhagen: i implemented some cool stuff (tm). first, the long missing "create server-side missing mailboxes". -C now creates both local and remote boxes; -L and -R create only local/remote. second, i implemented a 1:1 remote:local folder mapping (-1) with an optional INBOX exception (inbox/-I). the remote folder is specified with the folder keyword (or -F switch) and takes precedence over the namespace setting. the local directory with the mailboxes can now be specified on the command line, too (-M). another patch: - made the -1 switch settable permanently (OneToOne). after all, you usually define your mailbox layout once forever. removed -A, as it is semantically -a modified by -1. - cleaned up message output a bit. still, the quiet variable should be used throughout the program. at best, create some generic output function, which obeys a global verbosity level variable. - optimized + cleaned up configuration parser slightly - minor cleanups add an (almost) unique id to every uploaded message and search for it right after. i thought about using the message-id, but a) it is not guaranteed to be unique in a mailbox (imagine you edit a mail and store the dupe in the same box) and b) some mails (e.g., postponed) don't even have one. a downside of the current implementation is, that this id-header remains in the mailbox, but given that it wastes only 27 bytes per mail and removing it would mean several roundtrips more, this seems acceptable. i changed the line-counting loop to use a mmapped file instead of reading it in chunks, as it makes things simpler and is probably even faster for big mails. the amount of goto statements in my code may be scary, but c is simply lacking a multi-level break statement. :) this is the "shut up" patch. :) it makes the -q option consequent, so to say. additionally it adds an -l option which gathers all defined/found mailboxes and just outputs the list. don't ask what i need it for. ;)
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\fBisync\fR is a command line application which synchronizes a local
maildir-style mailbox with a remote IMAP4 mailbox, suitable for use in
IMAP-disconnected mode. Multiple copies of the remote IMAP4 mailbox can
be maintained, and all flags are synchronized.
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.SH OPTIONS
.TP
Bunch 'o patches from Oswald Buddenhagen: i implemented some cool stuff (tm). first, the long missing "create server-side missing mailboxes". -C now creates both local and remote boxes; -L and -R create only local/remote. second, i implemented a 1:1 remote:local folder mapping (-1) with an optional INBOX exception (inbox/-I). the remote folder is specified with the folder keyword (or -F switch) and takes precedence over the namespace setting. the local directory with the mailboxes can now be specified on the command line, too (-M). another patch: - made the -1 switch settable permanently (OneToOne). after all, you usually define your mailbox layout once forever. removed -A, as it is semantically -a modified by -1. - cleaned up message output a bit. still, the quiet variable should be used throughout the program. at best, create some generic output function, which obeys a global verbosity level variable. - optimized + cleaned up configuration parser slightly - minor cleanups add an (almost) unique id to every uploaded message and search for it right after. i thought about using the message-id, but a) it is not guaranteed to be unique in a mailbox (imagine you edit a mail and store the dupe in the same box) and b) some mails (e.g., postponed) don't even have one. a downside of the current implementation is, that this id-header remains in the mailbox, but given that it wastes only 27 bytes per mail and removing it would mean several roundtrips more, this seems acceptable. i changed the line-counting loop to use a mmapped file instead of reading it in chunks, as it makes things simpler and is probably even faster for big mails. the amount of goto statements in my code may be scary, but c is simply lacking a multi-level break statement. :) this is the "shut up" patch. :) it makes the -q option consequent, so to say. additionally it adds an -l option which gathers all defined/found mailboxes and just outputs the list. don't ask what i need it for. ;)
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\fB-c\fR, \fB--config\fR \fIfile\fR
Read configuration from \fIfile\fR.
By default, the configuration is read from ~/.isyncrc if it exists.
.TP
\fB-1\fR, \fB--one-to-one\fR
Instead of using the mailbox specifications in ~/.isyncrc, isync will pick up
all mailboxes from the local directory and remote folder and map them 1:1
onto each other according to their names.
.TP
\fB-I\fR, \fB--inbox\fR \fImailbox\fR
Exception to the 1:1 mapping created by -1: the special IMAP mailbox \fIINBOX\fR
is mapped to the local \fImailbox\fR (relative to the maildir).
.TP
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\fB-a\fR, \fB--all\fR
Bunch 'o patches from Oswald Buddenhagen: i implemented some cool stuff (tm). first, the long missing "create server-side missing mailboxes". -C now creates both local and remote boxes; -L and -R create only local/remote. second, i implemented a 1:1 remote:local folder mapping (-1) with an optional INBOX exception (inbox/-I). the remote folder is specified with the folder keyword (or -F switch) and takes precedence over the namespace setting. the local directory with the mailboxes can now be specified on the command line, too (-M). another patch: - made the -1 switch settable permanently (OneToOne). after all, you usually define your mailbox layout once forever. removed -A, as it is semantically -a modified by -1. - cleaned up message output a bit. still, the quiet variable should be used throughout the program. at best, create some generic output function, which obeys a global verbosity level variable. - optimized + cleaned up configuration parser slightly - minor cleanups add an (almost) unique id to every uploaded message and search for it right after. i thought about using the message-id, but a) it is not guaranteed to be unique in a mailbox (imagine you edit a mail and store the dupe in the same box) and b) some mails (e.g., postponed) don't even have one. a downside of the current implementation is, that this id-header remains in the mailbox, but given that it wastes only 27 bytes per mail and removing it would mean several roundtrips more, this seems acceptable. i changed the line-counting loop to use a mmapped file instead of reading it in chunks, as it makes things simpler and is probably even faster for big mails. the amount of goto statements in my code may be scary, but c is simply lacking a multi-level break statement. :) this is the "shut up" patch. :) it makes the -q option consequent, so to say. additionally it adds an -l option which gathers all defined/found mailboxes and just outputs the list. don't ask what i need it for. ;)
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Synchronize all mailboxes (either specified in ~/.isyncrc or determined by the
1:1 mapping).
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.TP
Bunch 'o patches from Oswald Buddenhagen: i implemented some cool stuff (tm). first, the long missing "create server-side missing mailboxes". -C now creates both local and remote boxes; -L and -R create only local/remote. second, i implemented a 1:1 remote:local folder mapping (-1) with an optional INBOX exception (inbox/-I). the remote folder is specified with the folder keyword (or -F switch) and takes precedence over the namespace setting. the local directory with the mailboxes can now be specified on the command line, too (-M). another patch: - made the -1 switch settable permanently (OneToOne). after all, you usually define your mailbox layout once forever. removed -A, as it is semantically -a modified by -1. - cleaned up message output a bit. still, the quiet variable should be used throughout the program. at best, create some generic output function, which obeys a global verbosity level variable. - optimized + cleaned up configuration parser slightly - minor cleanups add an (almost) unique id to every uploaded message and search for it right after. i thought about using the message-id, but a) it is not guaranteed to be unique in a mailbox (imagine you edit a mail and store the dupe in the same box) and b) some mails (e.g., postponed) don't even have one. a downside of the current implementation is, that this id-header remains in the mailbox, but given that it wastes only 27 bytes per mail and removing it would mean several roundtrips more, this seems acceptable. i changed the line-counting loop to use a mmapped file instead of reading it in chunks, as it makes things simpler and is probably even faster for big mails. the amount of goto statements in my code may be scary, but c is simply lacking a multi-level break statement. :) this is the "shut up" patch. :) it makes the -q option consequent, so to say. additionally it adds an -l option which gathers all defined/found mailboxes and just outputs the list. don't ask what i need it for. ;)
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\fB-l\fR, \fB--list\fR
Don't synchronize anything, but list all mailboxes and exit.
.TP
\fB-L\fR, \fB--create-local\fR
Automatically create the local maildir-style mailbox if it doesn't already
exist.
.TP
Bunch 'o patches from Oswald Buddenhagen: i implemented some cool stuff (tm). first, the long missing "create server-side missing mailboxes". -C now creates both local and remote boxes; -L and -R create only local/remote. second, i implemented a 1:1 remote:local folder mapping (-1) with an optional INBOX exception (inbox/-I). the remote folder is specified with the folder keyword (or -F switch) and takes precedence over the namespace setting. the local directory with the mailboxes can now be specified on the command line, too (-M). another patch: - made the -1 switch settable permanently (OneToOne). after all, you usually define your mailbox layout once forever. removed -A, as it is semantically -a modified by -1. - cleaned up message output a bit. still, the quiet variable should be used throughout the program. at best, create some generic output function, which obeys a global verbosity level variable. - optimized + cleaned up configuration parser slightly - minor cleanups add an (almost) unique id to every uploaded message and search for it right after. i thought about using the message-id, but a) it is not guaranteed to be unique in a mailbox (imagine you edit a mail and store the dupe in the same box) and b) some mails (e.g., postponed) don't even have one. a downside of the current implementation is, that this id-header remains in the mailbox, but given that it wastes only 27 bytes per mail and removing it would mean several roundtrips more, this seems acceptable. i changed the line-counting loop to use a mmapped file instead of reading it in chunks, as it makes things simpler and is probably even faster for big mails. the amount of goto statements in my code may be scary, but c is simply lacking a multi-level break statement. :) this is the "shut up" patch. :) it makes the -q option consequent, so to say. additionally it adds an -l option which gathers all defined/found mailboxes and just outputs the list. don't ask what i need it for. ;)
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\fB-R\fR, \fB--create-remote\fR
Automatically create the remote IMAP mailbox if it doesn't already exist.
.TP
\fB-C\fR, \fB--create\fR
Automatically create any mailboxes if they don't already exist.
Bunch 'o patches from Oswald Buddenhagen: i implemented some cool stuff (tm). first, the long missing "create server-side missing mailboxes". -C now creates both local and remote boxes; -L and -R create only local/remote. second, i implemented a 1:1 remote:local folder mapping (-1) with an optional INBOX exception (inbox/-I). the remote folder is specified with the folder keyword (or -F switch) and takes precedence over the namespace setting. the local directory with the mailboxes can now be specified on the command line, too (-M). another patch: - made the -1 switch settable permanently (OneToOne). after all, you usually define your mailbox layout once forever. removed -A, as it is semantically -a modified by -1. - cleaned up message output a bit. still, the quiet variable should be used throughout the program. at best, create some generic output function, which obeys a global verbosity level variable. - optimized + cleaned up configuration parser slightly - minor cleanups add an (almost) unique id to every uploaded message and search for it right after. i thought about using the message-id, but a) it is not guaranteed to be unique in a mailbox (imagine you edit a mail and store the dupe in the same box) and b) some mails (e.g., postponed) don't even have one. a downside of the current implementation is, that this id-header remains in the mailbox, but given that it wastes only 27 bytes per mail and removing it would mean several roundtrips more, this seems acceptable. i changed the line-counting loop to use a mmapped file instead of reading it in chunks, as it makes things simpler and is probably even faster for big mails. the amount of goto statements in my code may be scary, but c is simply lacking a multi-level break statement. :) this is the "shut up" patch. :) it makes the -q option consequent, so to say. additionally it adds an -l option which gathers all defined/found mailboxes and just outputs the list. don't ask what i need it for. ;)
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.TP
\fB-d\fR, \fB--delete\fR
Causes \fBisync\fR to delete messages from the local maildir mailbox
which do not exist on the IMAP server. By default, \fIdead\fR messages
are \fBnot\fR deleted.
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.TP
\fB-e\fR, \fB--expunge\fR
Bunch 'o patches from Oswald Buddenhagen: i implemented some cool stuff (tm). first, the long missing "create server-side missing mailboxes". -C now creates both local and remote boxes; -L and -R create only local/remote. second, i implemented a 1:1 remote:local folder mapping (-1) with an optional INBOX exception (inbox/-I). the remote folder is specified with the folder keyword (or -F switch) and takes precedence over the namespace setting. the local directory with the mailboxes can now be specified on the command line, too (-M). another patch: - made the -1 switch settable permanently (OneToOne). after all, you usually define your mailbox layout once forever. removed -A, as it is semantically -a modified by -1. - cleaned up message output a bit. still, the quiet variable should be used throughout the program. at best, create some generic output function, which obeys a global verbosity level variable. - optimized + cleaned up configuration parser slightly - minor cleanups add an (almost) unique id to every uploaded message and search for it right after. i thought about using the message-id, but a) it is not guaranteed to be unique in a mailbox (imagine you edit a mail and store the dupe in the same box) and b) some mails (e.g., postponed) don't even have one. a downside of the current implementation is, that this id-header remains in the mailbox, but given that it wastes only 27 bytes per mail and removing it would mean several roundtrips more, this seems acceptable. i changed the line-counting loop to use a mmapped file instead of reading it in chunks, as it makes things simpler and is probably even faster for big mails. the amount of goto statements in my code may be scary, but c is simply lacking a multi-level break statement. :) this is the "shut up" patch. :) it makes the -q option consequent, so to say. additionally it adds an -l option which gathers all defined/found mailboxes and just outputs the list. don't ask what i need it for. ;)
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Causes \fBisync\fR to permanently remove all messages marked for deletion
in both the local maildir mailbox and the remote IMAP mailbox. By default,
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\fIdeleted\fR messages are \fBnot\fR expunged.
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.TP
\fB-f\fR, \fB--fast\fR
Bunch 'o patches from Oswald Buddenhagen: i implemented some cool stuff (tm). first, the long missing "create server-side missing mailboxes". -C now creates both local and remote boxes; -L and -R create only local/remote. second, i implemented a 1:1 remote:local folder mapping (-1) with an optional INBOX exception (inbox/-I). the remote folder is specified with the folder keyword (or -F switch) and takes precedence over the namespace setting. the local directory with the mailboxes can now be specified on the command line, too (-M). another patch: - made the -1 switch settable permanently (OneToOne). after all, you usually define your mailbox layout once forever. removed -A, as it is semantically -a modified by -1. - cleaned up message output a bit. still, the quiet variable should be used throughout the program. at best, create some generic output function, which obeys a global verbosity level variable. - optimized + cleaned up configuration parser slightly - minor cleanups add an (almost) unique id to every uploaded message and search for it right after. i thought about using the message-id, but a) it is not guaranteed to be unique in a mailbox (imagine you edit a mail and store the dupe in the same box) and b) some mails (e.g., postponed) don't even have one. a downside of the current implementation is, that this id-header remains in the mailbox, but given that it wastes only 27 bytes per mail and removing it would mean several roundtrips more, this seems acceptable. i changed the line-counting loop to use a mmapped file instead of reading it in chunks, as it makes things simpler and is probably even faster for big mails. the amount of goto statements in my code may be scary, but c is simply lacking a multi-level break statement. :) this is the "shut up" patch. :) it makes the -q option consequent, so to say. additionally it adds an -l option which gathers all defined/found mailboxes and just outputs the list. don't ask what i need it for. ;)
22 years ago
Causes \fBisync\fR to skip the step of synchronzing message flags between the
local maildir mailbox and the IMAP mailbox. Only new messages existing on the
server will be fetched into the local mailbox.
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.TP
\fB-h\fR, \fB--help\fR
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Displays a summary of command line options
.TP
\fB-p\fR, \fB--port\fR \fIport\fR
Specifies the port on the IMAP server to connect to (default: 143)
.TP
\fB-q\fR, \fB--quiet\fR
Supress feedback messages.
.TP
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\fB-r\fR, \fB--remote\fR \fIbox\fR
Specifies the name of the remote IMAP mailbox to synchronize with
(Default: INBOX)
.TP
\fB-s\fR, \fB--host\fR \fB[\fRimaps:\fB]\fR\fIhost\fR
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Specifies the hostname of the IMAP server
.TP
\fB-u\fR, \fB--user\fR \fIuser\fR
Specifies the login name to access the IMAP server (default: $USER)
.TP
Bunch 'o patches from Oswald Buddenhagen: i implemented some cool stuff (tm). first, the long missing "create server-side missing mailboxes". -C now creates both local and remote boxes; -L and -R create only local/remote. second, i implemented a 1:1 remote:local folder mapping (-1) with an optional INBOX exception (inbox/-I). the remote folder is specified with the folder keyword (or -F switch) and takes precedence over the namespace setting. the local directory with the mailboxes can now be specified on the command line, too (-M). another patch: - made the -1 switch settable permanently (OneToOne). after all, you usually define your mailbox layout once forever. removed -A, as it is semantically -a modified by -1. - cleaned up message output a bit. still, the quiet variable should be used throughout the program. at best, create some generic output function, which obeys a global verbosity level variable. - optimized + cleaned up configuration parser slightly - minor cleanups add an (almost) unique id to every uploaded message and search for it right after. i thought about using the message-id, but a) it is not guaranteed to be unique in a mailbox (imagine you edit a mail and store the dupe in the same box) and b) some mails (e.g., postponed) don't even have one. a downside of the current implementation is, that this id-header remains in the mailbox, but given that it wastes only 27 bytes per mail and removing it would mean several roundtrips more, this seems acceptable. i changed the line-counting loop to use a mmapped file instead of reading it in chunks, as it makes things simpler and is probably even faster for big mails. the amount of goto statements in my code may be scary, but c is simply lacking a multi-level break statement. :) this is the "shut up" patch. :) it makes the -q option consequent, so to say. additionally it adds an -l option which gathers all defined/found mailboxes and just outputs the list. don't ask what i need it for. ;)
22 years ago
\fB-M\fR, \fB--maildir\fR \fIdir\fR
Specifies the location for your local mailboxes.
.TP
\fB-F\fR, \fB--folder\fR \fIfolder\fR/
Specifies the location for your remote mailboxes.
.TP
\fB-v\fR, \fB--version\fR
Displays \fBisync\fR version information.
24 years ago
.TP
Bunch 'o patches from Oswald Buddenhagen: i implemented some cool stuff (tm). first, the long missing "create server-side missing mailboxes". -C now creates both local and remote boxes; -L and -R create only local/remote. second, i implemented a 1:1 remote:local folder mapping (-1) with an optional INBOX exception (inbox/-I). the remote folder is specified with the folder keyword (or -F switch) and takes precedence over the namespace setting. the local directory with the mailboxes can now be specified on the command line, too (-M). another patch: - made the -1 switch settable permanently (OneToOne). after all, you usually define your mailbox layout once forever. removed -A, as it is semantically -a modified by -1. - cleaned up message output a bit. still, the quiet variable should be used throughout the program. at best, create some generic output function, which obeys a global verbosity level variable. - optimized + cleaned up configuration parser slightly - minor cleanups add an (almost) unique id to every uploaded message and search for it right after. i thought about using the message-id, but a) it is not guaranteed to be unique in a mailbox (imagine you edit a mail and store the dupe in the same box) and b) some mails (e.g., postponed) don't even have one. a downside of the current implementation is, that this id-header remains in the mailbox, but given that it wastes only 27 bytes per mail and removing it would mean several roundtrips more, this seems acceptable. i changed the line-counting loop to use a mmapped file instead of reading it in chunks, as it makes things simpler and is probably even faster for big mails. the amount of goto statements in my code may be scary, but c is simply lacking a multi-level break statement. :) this is the "shut up" patch. :) it makes the -q option consequent, so to say. additionally it adds an -l option which gathers all defined/found mailboxes and just outputs the list. don't ask what i need it for. ;)
22 years ago
\fB-V\fR, \fB--verbose\fR
Enables \fIverbose\fR mode, which displays the IMAP4 network traffic.
24 years ago
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.SH CONFIGURATION
Bunch 'o patches from Oswald Buddenhagen: i implemented some cool stuff (tm). first, the long missing "create server-side missing mailboxes". -C now creates both local and remote boxes; -L and -R create only local/remote. second, i implemented a 1:1 remote:local folder mapping (-1) with an optional INBOX exception (inbox/-I). the remote folder is specified with the folder keyword (or -F switch) and takes precedence over the namespace setting. the local directory with the mailboxes can now be specified on the command line, too (-M). another patch: - made the -1 switch settable permanently (OneToOne). after all, you usually define your mailbox layout once forever. removed -A, as it is semantically -a modified by -1. - cleaned up message output a bit. still, the quiet variable should be used throughout the program. at best, create some generic output function, which obeys a global verbosity level variable. - optimized + cleaned up configuration parser slightly - minor cleanups add an (almost) unique id to every uploaded message and search for it right after. i thought about using the message-id, but a) it is not guaranteed to be unique in a mailbox (imagine you edit a mail and store the dupe in the same box) and b) some mails (e.g., postponed) don't even have one. a downside of the current implementation is, that this id-header remains in the mailbox, but given that it wastes only 27 bytes per mail and removing it would mean several roundtrips more, this seems acceptable. i changed the line-counting loop to use a mmapped file instead of reading it in chunks, as it makes things simpler and is probably even faster for big mails. the amount of goto statements in my code may be scary, but c is simply lacking a multi-level break statement. :) this is the "shut up" patch. :) it makes the -q option consequent, so to say. additionally it adds an -l option which gathers all defined/found mailboxes and just outputs the list. don't ask what i need it for. ;)
22 years ago
\fBisync\fR reads \fI~/.isyncrc\fR to load default configuration data.
Each line of the configuration file consists of a command.
The following commands are understood:
24 years ago
.TP
\fBMailbox\fR \fIpath\fR
Defines a local maildir mailbox. All configuration commands following this
Bunch 'o patches from Oswald Buddenhagen: i implemented some cool stuff (tm). first, the long missing "create server-side missing mailboxes". -C now creates both local and remote boxes; -L and -R create only local/remote. second, i implemented a 1:1 remote:local folder mapping (-1) with an optional INBOX exception (inbox/-I). the remote folder is specified with the folder keyword (or -F switch) and takes precedence over the namespace setting. the local directory with the mailboxes can now be specified on the command line, too (-M). another patch: - made the -1 switch settable permanently (OneToOne). after all, you usually define your mailbox layout once forever. removed -A, as it is semantically -a modified by -1. - cleaned up message output a bit. still, the quiet variable should be used throughout the program. at best, create some generic output function, which obeys a global verbosity level variable. - optimized + cleaned up configuration parser slightly - minor cleanups add an (almost) unique id to every uploaded message and search for it right after. i thought about using the message-id, but a) it is not guaranteed to be unique in a mailbox (imagine you edit a mail and store the dupe in the same box) and b) some mails (e.g., postponed) don't even have one. a downside of the current implementation is, that this id-header remains in the mailbox, but given that it wastes only 27 bytes per mail and removing it would mean several roundtrips more, this seems acceptable. i changed the line-counting loop to use a mmapped file instead of reading it in chunks, as it makes things simpler and is probably even faster for big mails. the amount of goto statements in my code may be scary, but c is simply lacking a multi-level break statement. :) this is the "shut up" patch. :) it makes the -q option consequent, so to say. additionally it adds an -l option which gathers all defined/found mailboxes and just outputs the list. don't ask what i need it for. ;)
22 years ago
line, up until the next \fIMailbox\fR command, apply to this mailbox only.
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\fBHost\fR \fB[\fRimaps:\fB]\fR\fIname\fR
Defines the DNS name or IP address of the IMAP server. If the hostname is
Bunch 'o patches from Oswald Buddenhagen: i implemented some cool stuff (tm). first, the long missing "create server-side missing mailboxes". -C now creates both local and remote boxes; -L and -R create only local/remote. second, i implemented a 1:1 remote:local folder mapping (-1) with an optional INBOX exception (inbox/-I). the remote folder is specified with the folder keyword (or -F switch) and takes precedence over the namespace setting. the local directory with the mailboxes can now be specified on the command line, too (-M). another patch: - made the -1 switch settable permanently (OneToOne). after all, you usually define your mailbox layout once forever. removed -A, as it is semantically -a modified by -1. - cleaned up message output a bit. still, the quiet variable should be used throughout the program. at best, create some generic output function, which obeys a global verbosity level variable. - optimized + cleaned up configuration parser slightly - minor cleanups add an (almost) unique id to every uploaded message and search for it right after. i thought about using the message-id, but a) it is not guaranteed to be unique in a mailbox (imagine you edit a mail and store the dupe in the same box) and b) some mails (e.g., postponed) don't even have one. a downside of the current implementation is, that this id-header remains in the mailbox, but given that it wastes only 27 bytes per mail and removing it would mean several roundtrips more, this seems acceptable. i changed the line-counting loop to use a mmapped file instead of reading it in chunks, as it makes things simpler and is probably even faster for big mails. the amount of goto statements in my code may be scary, but c is simply lacking a multi-level break statement. :) this is the "shut up" patch. :) it makes the -q option consequent, so to say. additionally it adds an -l option which gathers all defined/found mailboxes and just outputs the list. don't ask what i need it for. ;)
22 years ago
prefixed with \fIimaps:\fR the connection is assumed to be a SSL connection
to port 993 (though you can change this by placing a \fBPort\fR command
\fBafter\fR the \fBHost\fR command. Note that some servers support SSL on
the default port 143. \fBisync\fR will always attempt to use SSL if available.
24 years ago
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\fBPort\fR \fIport\fR
Defines the TCP port number on the IMAP server to use (Default: 143)
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\fBBox\fR \fImailbox\fR
Defines the name of the remote IMAP mailbox associated with the local
maildir mailbox (Default: INBOX)
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\fBUser\fR \fIusername\fR
Defines the login name on the IMAP server (Default: current user)
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\fBPass\fR \fIpassword\fR
Bunch 'o patches from Oswald Buddenhagen: i implemented some cool stuff (tm). first, the long missing "create server-side missing mailboxes". -C now creates both local and remote boxes; -L and -R create only local/remote. second, i implemented a 1:1 remote:local folder mapping (-1) with an optional INBOX exception (inbox/-I). the remote folder is specified with the folder keyword (or -F switch) and takes precedence over the namespace setting. the local directory with the mailboxes can now be specified on the command line, too (-M). another patch: - made the -1 switch settable permanently (OneToOne). after all, you usually define your mailbox layout once forever. removed -A, as it is semantically -a modified by -1. - cleaned up message output a bit. still, the quiet variable should be used throughout the program. at best, create some generic output function, which obeys a global verbosity level variable. - optimized + cleaned up configuration parser slightly - minor cleanups add an (almost) unique id to every uploaded message and search for it right after. i thought about using the message-id, but a) it is not guaranteed to be unique in a mailbox (imagine you edit a mail and store the dupe in the same box) and b) some mails (e.g., postponed) don't even have one. a downside of the current implementation is, that this id-header remains in the mailbox, but given that it wastes only 27 bytes per mail and removing it would mean several roundtrips more, this seems acceptable. i changed the line-counting loop to use a mmapped file instead of reading it in chunks, as it makes things simpler and is probably even faster for big mails. the amount of goto statements in my code may be scary, but c is simply lacking a multi-level break statement. :) this is the "shut up" patch. :) it makes the -q option consequent, so to say. additionally it adds an -l option which gathers all defined/found mailboxes and just outputs the list. don't ask what i need it for. ;)
22 years ago
Defines the password for \fIusername\fR on the IMAP server.
Note that this option is \fBNOT\fR required.
If no password is specified in the configuration file, \fBisync\fR
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\fBAlias\fR \fIstring\fR
Defines an alias for the mailbox which can be used as a shortcut on the
command line.
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Bunch 'o patches from Oswald Buddenhagen: i implemented some cool stuff (tm). first, the long missing "create server-side missing mailboxes". -C now creates both local and remote boxes; -L and -R create only local/remote. second, i implemented a 1:1 remote:local folder mapping (-1) with an optional INBOX exception (inbox/-I). the remote folder is specified with the folder keyword (or -F switch) and takes precedence over the namespace setting. the local directory with the mailboxes can now be specified on the command line, too (-M). another patch: - made the -1 switch settable permanently (OneToOne). after all, you usually define your mailbox layout once forever. removed -A, as it is semantically -a modified by -1. - cleaned up message output a bit. still, the quiet variable should be used throughout the program. at best, create some generic output function, which obeys a global verbosity level variable. - optimized + cleaned up configuration parser slightly - minor cleanups add an (almost) unique id to every uploaded message and search for it right after. i thought about using the message-id, but a) it is not guaranteed to be unique in a mailbox (imagine you edit a mail and store the dupe in the same box) and b) some mails (e.g., postponed) don't even have one. a downside of the current implementation is, that this id-header remains in the mailbox, but given that it wastes only 27 bytes per mail and removing it would mean several roundtrips more, this seems acceptable. i changed the line-counting loop to use a mmapped file instead of reading it in chunks, as it makes things simpler and is probably even faster for big mails. the amount of goto statements in my code may be scary, but c is simply lacking a multi-level break statement. :) this is the "shut up" patch. :) it makes the -q option consequent, so to say. additionally it adds an -l option which gathers all defined/found mailboxes and just outputs the list. don't ask what i need it for. ;)
22 years ago
\fBCopyDeletedTo\fR \fImailbox\fR
Specifies the remote IMAP mailbox to copy deleted messages prior to
expunging (Default: none).
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Bunch 'o patches from Oswald Buddenhagen: i implemented some cool stuff (tm). first, the long missing "create server-side missing mailboxes". -C now creates both local and remote boxes; -L and -R create only local/remote. second, i implemented a 1:1 remote:local folder mapping (-1) with an optional INBOX exception (inbox/-I). the remote folder is specified with the folder keyword (or -F switch) and takes precedence over the namespace setting. the local directory with the mailboxes can now be specified on the command line, too (-M). another patch: - made the -1 switch settable permanently (OneToOne). after all, you usually define your mailbox layout once forever. removed -A, as it is semantically -a modified by -1. - cleaned up message output a bit. still, the quiet variable should be used throughout the program. at best, create some generic output function, which obeys a global verbosity level variable. - optimized + cleaned up configuration parser slightly - minor cleanups add an (almost) unique id to every uploaded message and search for it right after. i thought about using the message-id, but a) it is not guaranteed to be unique in a mailbox (imagine you edit a mail and store the dupe in the same box) and b) some mails (e.g., postponed) don't even have one. a downside of the current implementation is, that this id-header remains in the mailbox, but given that it wastes only 27 bytes per mail and removing it would mean several roundtrips more, this seems acceptable. i changed the line-counting loop to use a mmapped file instead of reading it in chunks, as it makes things simpler and is probably even faster for big mails. the amount of goto statements in my code may be scary, but c is simply lacking a multi-level break statement. :) this is the "shut up" patch. :) it makes the -q option consequent, so to say. additionally it adds an -l option which gathers all defined/found mailboxes and just outputs the list. don't ask what i need it for. ;)
22 years ago
\fBDelete\fR \fIyes\fR|\fIno\fR
Specifies whether messages in the local copy of the mailbox which don't
exist on the server are automatically deleted. (Default: no).
Bunch 'o patches from Oswald Buddenhagen: i implemented some cool stuff (tm). first, the long missing "create server-side missing mailboxes". -C now creates both local and remote boxes; -L and -R create only local/remote. second, i implemented a 1:1 remote:local folder mapping (-1) with an optional INBOX exception (inbox/-I). the remote folder is specified with the folder keyword (or -F switch) and takes precedence over the namespace setting. the local directory with the mailboxes can now be specified on the command line, too (-M). another patch: - made the -1 switch settable permanently (OneToOne). after all, you usually define your mailbox layout once forever. removed -A, as it is semantically -a modified by -1. - cleaned up message output a bit. still, the quiet variable should be used throughout the program. at best, create some generic output function, which obeys a global verbosity level variable. - optimized + cleaned up configuration parser slightly - minor cleanups add an (almost) unique id to every uploaded message and search for it right after. i thought about using the message-id, but a) it is not guaranteed to be unique in a mailbox (imagine you edit a mail and store the dupe in the same box) and b) some mails (e.g., postponed) don't even have one. a downside of the current implementation is, that this id-header remains in the mailbox, but given that it wastes only 27 bytes per mail and removing it would mean several roundtrips more, this seems acceptable. i changed the line-counting loop to use a mmapped file instead of reading it in chunks, as it makes things simpler and is probably even faster for big mails. the amount of goto statements in my code may be scary, but c is simply lacking a multi-level break statement. :) this is the "shut up" patch. :) it makes the -q option consequent, so to say. additionally it adds an -l option which gathers all defined/found mailboxes and just outputs the list. don't ask what i need it for. ;)
22 years ago
\fBNOTE:\fR The \fI-d\fR command line option overrides this setting when
set to \fIno\fR.
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Bunch 'o patches from Oswald Buddenhagen: i implemented some cool stuff (tm). first, the long missing "create server-side missing mailboxes". -C now creates both local and remote boxes; -L and -R create only local/remote. second, i implemented a 1:1 remote:local folder mapping (-1) with an optional INBOX exception (inbox/-I). the remote folder is specified with the folder keyword (or -F switch) and takes precedence over the namespace setting. the local directory with the mailboxes can now be specified on the command line, too (-M). another patch: - made the -1 switch settable permanently (OneToOne). after all, you usually define your mailbox layout once forever. removed -A, as it is semantically -a modified by -1. - cleaned up message output a bit. still, the quiet variable should be used throughout the program. at best, create some generic output function, which obeys a global verbosity level variable. - optimized + cleaned up configuration parser slightly - minor cleanups add an (almost) unique id to every uploaded message and search for it right after. i thought about using the message-id, but a) it is not guaranteed to be unique in a mailbox (imagine you edit a mail and store the dupe in the same box) and b) some mails (e.g., postponed) don't even have one. a downside of the current implementation is, that this id-header remains in the mailbox, but given that it wastes only 27 bytes per mail and removing it would mean several roundtrips more, this seems acceptable. i changed the line-counting loop to use a mmapped file instead of reading it in chunks, as it makes things simpler and is probably even faster for big mails. the amount of goto statements in my code may be scary, but c is simply lacking a multi-level break statement. :) this is the "shut up" patch. :) it makes the -q option consequent, so to say. additionally it adds an -l option which gathers all defined/found mailboxes and just outputs the list. don't ask what i need it for. ;)
22 years ago
\fBExpunge\fR \fIyes\fR|\fIno\fR
Specifies whether deleted messages are expunged by default (Default: no).
Bunch 'o patches from Oswald Buddenhagen: i implemented some cool stuff (tm). first, the long missing "create server-side missing mailboxes". -C now creates both local and remote boxes; -L and -R create only local/remote. second, i implemented a 1:1 remote:local folder mapping (-1) with an optional INBOX exception (inbox/-I). the remote folder is specified with the folder keyword (or -F switch) and takes precedence over the namespace setting. the local directory with the mailboxes can now be specified on the command line, too (-M). another patch: - made the -1 switch settable permanently (OneToOne). after all, you usually define your mailbox layout once forever. removed -A, as it is semantically -a modified by -1. - cleaned up message output a bit. still, the quiet variable should be used throughout the program. at best, create some generic output function, which obeys a global verbosity level variable. - optimized + cleaned up configuration parser slightly - minor cleanups add an (almost) unique id to every uploaded message and search for it right after. i thought about using the message-id, but a) it is not guaranteed to be unique in a mailbox (imagine you edit a mail and store the dupe in the same box) and b) some mails (e.g., postponed) don't even have one. a downside of the current implementation is, that this id-header remains in the mailbox, but given that it wastes only 27 bytes per mail and removing it would mean several roundtrips more, this seems acceptable. i changed the line-counting loop to use a mmapped file instead of reading it in chunks, as it makes things simpler and is probably even faster for big mails. the amount of goto statements in my code may be scary, but c is simply lacking a multi-level break statement. :) this is the "shut up" patch. :) it makes the -q option consequent, so to say. additionally it adds an -l option which gathers all defined/found mailboxes and just outputs the list. don't ask what i need it for. ;)
22 years ago
\fBNOTE:\fR The \fI-e\fR command line option overrides this setting when
set to \fIno\fR.
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\fBMailDir\fR \fIdirectory\fR
Specifies the location of your local mailboxes if a relative path is
specified in a \fIMailbox\fR command (Default: \fI~\fR).
\fBNOTE:\fR This directive is only meaningful in the \fIglobal\fR
section (see below).
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\fBFolder\fR \fIdirectory\fR/
Specifies the location of your IMAP mailboxes
specified in \fIBox\fR commands (Default: \fI""\fR).
\fBNOTE:\fR You \fBmust\fR append the hierarchy delimiter (usually
a slash) to this specification.
\fBNOTE 2:\fR This directive is only meaningful in the \fIglobal\fR
section (see below).
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\fBMaxMessages\fR \fIcount\fR
Bunch 'o patches from Oswald Buddenhagen: i implemented some cool stuff (tm). first, the long missing "create server-side missing mailboxes". -C now creates both local and remote boxes; -L and -R create only local/remote. second, i implemented a 1:1 remote:local folder mapping (-1) with an optional INBOX exception (inbox/-I). the remote folder is specified with the folder keyword (or -F switch) and takes precedence over the namespace setting. the local directory with the mailboxes can now be specified on the command line, too (-M). another patch: - made the -1 switch settable permanently (OneToOne). after all, you usually define your mailbox layout once forever. removed -A, as it is semantically -a modified by -1. - cleaned up message output a bit. still, the quiet variable should be used throughout the program. at best, create some generic output function, which obeys a global verbosity level variable. - optimized + cleaned up configuration parser slightly - minor cleanups add an (almost) unique id to every uploaded message and search for it right after. i thought about using the message-id, but a) it is not guaranteed to be unique in a mailbox (imagine you edit a mail and store the dupe in the same box) and b) some mails (e.g., postponed) don't even have one. a downside of the current implementation is, that this id-header remains in the mailbox, but given that it wastes only 27 bytes per mail and removing it would mean several roundtrips more, this seems acceptable. i changed the line-counting loop to use a mmapped file instead of reading it in chunks, as it makes things simpler and is probably even faster for big mails. the amount of goto statements in my code may be scary, but c is simply lacking a multi-level break statement. :) this is the "shut up" patch. :) it makes the -q option consequent, so to say. additionally it adds an -l option which gathers all defined/found mailboxes and just outputs the list. don't ask what i need it for. ;)
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Sets the number of messages \fBisync\fR should keep in a mailbox.
This is useful for mailboxes where you keep a complete archive on the
server, but want to mirror only the last messages (for instance, for mailing
lists.)
The messages that were the first to arrive in the mailbox (independent of the
Bunch 'o patches from Oswald Buddenhagen: i implemented some cool stuff (tm). first, the long missing "create server-side missing mailboxes". -C now creates both local and remote boxes; -L and -R create only local/remote. second, i implemented a 1:1 remote:local folder mapping (-1) with an optional INBOX exception (inbox/-I). the remote folder is specified with the folder keyword (or -F switch) and takes precedence over the namespace setting. the local directory with the mailboxes can now be specified on the command line, too (-M). another patch: - made the -1 switch settable permanently (OneToOne). after all, you usually define your mailbox layout once forever. removed -A, as it is semantically -a modified by -1. - cleaned up message output a bit. still, the quiet variable should be used throughout the program. at best, create some generic output function, which obeys a global verbosity level variable. - optimized + cleaned up configuration parser slightly - minor cleanups add an (almost) unique id to every uploaded message and search for it right after. i thought about using the message-id, but a) it is not guaranteed to be unique in a mailbox (imagine you edit a mail and store the dupe in the same box) and b) some mails (e.g., postponed) don't even have one. a downside of the current implementation is, that this id-header remains in the mailbox, but given that it wastes only 27 bytes per mail and removing it would mean several roundtrips more, this seems acceptable. i changed the line-counting loop to use a mmapped file instead of reading it in chunks, as it makes things simpler and is probably even faster for big mails. the amount of goto statements in my code may be scary, but c is simply lacking a multi-level break statement. :) this is the "shut up" patch. :) it makes the -q option consequent, so to say. additionally it adds an -l option which gathers all defined/found mailboxes and just outputs the list. don't ask what i need it for. ;)
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actual date of the message) will automatically be deleted if you
pass \fBisync\fR the delete (-d, --delete) flag.
Messages that are flagged (marked as important) will not be automatically
deleted.
Bunch 'o patches from Oswald Buddenhagen: i implemented some cool stuff (tm). first, the long missing "create server-side missing mailboxes". -C now creates both local and remote boxes; -L and -R create only local/remote. second, i implemented a 1:1 remote:local folder mapping (-1) with an optional INBOX exception (inbox/-I). the remote folder is specified with the folder keyword (or -F switch) and takes precedence over the namespace setting. the local directory with the mailboxes can now be specified on the command line, too (-M). another patch: - made the -1 switch settable permanently (OneToOne). after all, you usually define your mailbox layout once forever. removed -A, as it is semantically -a modified by -1. - cleaned up message output a bit. still, the quiet variable should be used throughout the program. at best, create some generic output function, which obeys a global verbosity level variable. - optimized + cleaned up configuration parser slightly - minor cleanups add an (almost) unique id to every uploaded message and search for it right after. i thought about using the message-id, but a) it is not guaranteed to be unique in a mailbox (imagine you edit a mail and store the dupe in the same box) and b) some mails (e.g., postponed) don't even have one. a downside of the current implementation is, that this id-header remains in the mailbox, but given that it wastes only 27 bytes per mail and removing it would mean several roundtrips more, this seems acceptable. i changed the line-counting loop to use a mmapped file instead of reading it in chunks, as it makes things simpler and is probably even faster for big mails. the amount of goto statements in my code may be scary, but c is simply lacking a multi-level break statement. :) this is the "shut up" patch. :) it makes the -q option consequent, so to say. additionally it adds an -l option which gathers all defined/found mailboxes and just outputs the list. don't ask what i need it for. ;)
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If \fIcount\fR is 0, the maximum number of messages is \fBunlimited\fR
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\fBMaxSize\fR \fIbytes\fR
Bunch 'o patches from Oswald Buddenhagen: i implemented some cool stuff (tm). first, the long missing "create server-side missing mailboxes". -C now creates both local and remote boxes; -L and -R create only local/remote. second, i implemented a 1:1 remote:local folder mapping (-1) with an optional INBOX exception (inbox/-I). the remote folder is specified with the folder keyword (or -F switch) and takes precedence over the namespace setting. the local directory with the mailboxes can now be specified on the command line, too (-M). another patch: - made the -1 switch settable permanently (OneToOne). after all, you usually define your mailbox layout once forever. removed -A, as it is semantically -a modified by -1. - cleaned up message output a bit. still, the quiet variable should be used throughout the program. at best, create some generic output function, which obeys a global verbosity level variable. - optimized + cleaned up configuration parser slightly - minor cleanups add an (almost) unique id to every uploaded message and search for it right after. i thought about using the message-id, but a) it is not guaranteed to be unique in a mailbox (imagine you edit a mail and store the dupe in the same box) and b) some mails (e.g., postponed) don't even have one. a downside of the current implementation is, that this id-header remains in the mailbox, but given that it wastes only 27 bytes per mail and removing it would mean several roundtrips more, this seems acceptable. i changed the line-counting loop to use a mmapped file instead of reading it in chunks, as it makes things simpler and is probably even faster for big mails. the amount of goto statements in my code may be scary, but c is simply lacking a multi-level break statement. :) this is the "shut up" patch. :) it makes the -q option consequent, so to say. additionally it adds an -l option which gathers all defined/found mailboxes and just outputs the list. don't ask what i need it for. ;)
22 years ago
Sets a threshold for the maximum message size (in bytes) for which \fBisync\fR
22 years ago
should transfer over the wire. This is useful for weeding out messages with
Bunch 'o patches from Oswald Buddenhagen: i implemented some cool stuff (tm). first, the long missing "create server-side missing mailboxes". -C now creates both local and remote boxes; -L and -R create only local/remote. second, i implemented a 1:1 remote:local folder mapping (-1) with an optional INBOX exception (inbox/-I). the remote folder is specified with the folder keyword (or -F switch) and takes precedence over the namespace setting. the local directory with the mailboxes can now be specified on the command line, too (-M). another patch: - made the -1 switch settable permanently (OneToOne). after all, you usually define your mailbox layout once forever. removed -A, as it is semantically -a modified by -1. - cleaned up message output a bit. still, the quiet variable should be used throughout the program. at best, create some generic output function, which obeys a global verbosity level variable. - optimized + cleaned up configuration parser slightly - minor cleanups add an (almost) unique id to every uploaded message and search for it right after. i thought about using the message-id, but a) it is not guaranteed to be unique in a mailbox (imagine you edit a mail and store the dupe in the same box) and b) some mails (e.g., postponed) don't even have one. a downside of the current implementation is, that this id-header remains in the mailbox, but given that it wastes only 27 bytes per mail and removing it would mean several roundtrips more, this seems acceptable. i changed the line-counting loop to use a mmapped file instead of reading it in chunks, as it makes things simpler and is probably even faster for big mails. the amount of goto statements in my code may be scary, but c is simply lacking a multi-level break statement. :) this is the "shut up" patch. :) it makes the -q option consequent, so to say. additionally it adds an -l option which gathers all defined/found mailboxes and just outputs the list. don't ask what i need it for. ;)
22 years ago
large attachments. If \fIbytes\fR is 0, the maximum file size is \fBunlimited\fR.
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\fBTunnel\fR \fIcommand\fR
Specify a command to run to establish a connection rather than opening a TCP
socket. This allows you to run an IMAP session over an SSH tunnel, for
example.
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Bunch 'o patches from Oswald Buddenhagen: i implemented some cool stuff (tm). first, the long missing "create server-side missing mailboxes". -C now creates both local and remote boxes; -L and -R create only local/remote. second, i implemented a 1:1 remote:local folder mapping (-1) with an optional INBOX exception (inbox/-I). the remote folder is specified with the folder keyword (or -F switch) and takes precedence over the namespace setting. the local directory with the mailboxes can now be specified on the command line, too (-M). another patch: - made the -1 switch settable permanently (OneToOne). after all, you usually define your mailbox layout once forever. removed -A, as it is semantically -a modified by -1. - cleaned up message output a bit. still, the quiet variable should be used throughout the program. at best, create some generic output function, which obeys a global verbosity level variable. - optimized + cleaned up configuration parser slightly - minor cleanups add an (almost) unique id to every uploaded message and search for it right after. i thought about using the message-id, but a) it is not guaranteed to be unique in a mailbox (imagine you edit a mail and store the dupe in the same box) and b) some mails (e.g., postponed) don't even have one. a downside of the current implementation is, that this id-header remains in the mailbox, but given that it wastes only 27 bytes per mail and removing it would mean several roundtrips more, this seems acceptable. i changed the line-counting loop to use a mmapped file instead of reading it in chunks, as it makes things simpler and is probably even faster for big mails. the amount of goto statements in my code may be scary, but c is simply lacking a multi-level break statement. :) this is the "shut up" patch. :) it makes the -q option consequent, so to say. additionally it adds an -l option which gathers all defined/found mailboxes and just outputs the list. don't ask what i need it for. ;)
22 years ago
\fBUseNamespace\fR \fIyes\fR|\fIno\fR
Selects whether \fBisync\fR should select mailboxes using the namespace given
by the NAMESPACE command. This is useful with broken IMAP servers. (Default:
\fIyes\fR)
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Bunch 'o patches from Oswald Buddenhagen: i implemented some cool stuff (tm). first, the long missing "create server-side missing mailboxes". -C now creates both local and remote boxes; -L and -R create only local/remote. second, i implemented a 1:1 remote:local folder mapping (-1) with an optional INBOX exception (inbox/-I). the remote folder is specified with the folder keyword (or -F switch) and takes precedence over the namespace setting. the local directory with the mailboxes can now be specified on the command line, too (-M). another patch: - made the -1 switch settable permanently (OneToOne). after all, you usually define your mailbox layout once forever. removed -A, as it is semantically -a modified by -1. - cleaned up message output a bit. still, the quiet variable should be used throughout the program. at best, create some generic output function, which obeys a global verbosity level variable. - optimized + cleaned up configuration parser slightly - minor cleanups add an (almost) unique id to every uploaded message and search for it right after. i thought about using the message-id, but a) it is not guaranteed to be unique in a mailbox (imagine you edit a mail and store the dupe in the same box) and b) some mails (e.g., postponed) don't even have one. a downside of the current implementation is, that this id-header remains in the mailbox, but given that it wastes only 27 bytes per mail and removing it would mean several roundtrips more, this seems acceptable. i changed the line-counting loop to use a mmapped file instead of reading it in chunks, as it makes things simpler and is probably even faster for big mails. the amount of goto statements in my code may be scary, but c is simply lacking a multi-level break statement. :) this is the "shut up" patch. :) it makes the -q option consequent, so to say. additionally it adds an -l option which gathers all defined/found mailboxes and just outputs the list. don't ask what i need it for. ;)
22 years ago
\fBRequireCRAM\fR \fIyes\fR|\fIno\fR
If set to \fIyes\fR, \fBisync\fR will require that the server accept CRAM-MD5
intead of PLAIN to authenticate the user.
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.TP
Bunch 'o patches from Oswald Buddenhagen: i implemented some cool stuff (tm). first, the long missing "create server-side missing mailboxes". -C now creates both local and remote boxes; -L and -R create only local/remote. second, i implemented a 1:1 remote:local folder mapping (-1) with an optional INBOX exception (inbox/-I). the remote folder is specified with the folder keyword (or -F switch) and takes precedence over the namespace setting. the local directory with the mailboxes can now be specified on the command line, too (-M). another patch: - made the -1 switch settable permanently (OneToOne). after all, you usually define your mailbox layout once forever. removed -A, as it is semantically -a modified by -1. - cleaned up message output a bit. still, the quiet variable should be used throughout the program. at best, create some generic output function, which obeys a global verbosity level variable. - optimized + cleaned up configuration parser slightly - minor cleanups add an (almost) unique id to every uploaded message and search for it right after. i thought about using the message-id, but a) it is not guaranteed to be unique in a mailbox (imagine you edit a mail and store the dupe in the same box) and b) some mails (e.g., postponed) don't even have one. a downside of the current implementation is, that this id-header remains in the mailbox, but given that it wastes only 27 bytes per mail and removing it would mean several roundtrips more, this seems acceptable. i changed the line-counting loop to use a mmapped file instead of reading it in chunks, as it makes things simpler and is probably even faster for big mails. the amount of goto statements in my code may be scary, but c is simply lacking a multi-level break statement. :) this is the "shut up" patch. :) it makes the -q option consequent, so to say. additionally it adds an -l option which gathers all defined/found mailboxes and just outputs the list. don't ask what i need it for. ;)
22 years ago
\fBRequireSSL\fR \fIyes\fR|\fIno\fR
\fBisync\fR will abort the connection if a TLS/SSL session to the IMAP
server can not be established. (Default: \fIyes\fR)
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\fBCertificateFile\fR \fIpath\fR
File containing X.509 CA certificates used to verify server identities.
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Bunch 'o patches from Oswald Buddenhagen: i implemented some cool stuff (tm). first, the long missing "create server-side missing mailboxes". -C now creates both local and remote boxes; -L and -R create only local/remote. second, i implemented a 1:1 remote:local folder mapping (-1) with an optional INBOX exception (inbox/-I). the remote folder is specified with the folder keyword (or -F switch) and takes precedence over the namespace setting. the local directory with the mailboxes can now be specified on the command line, too (-M). another patch: - made the -1 switch settable permanently (OneToOne). after all, you usually define your mailbox layout once forever. removed -A, as it is semantically -a modified by -1. - cleaned up message output a bit. still, the quiet variable should be used throughout the program. at best, create some generic output function, which obeys a global verbosity level variable. - optimized + cleaned up configuration parser slightly - minor cleanups add an (almost) unique id to every uploaded message and search for it right after. i thought about using the message-id, but a) it is not guaranteed to be unique in a mailbox (imagine you edit a mail and store the dupe in the same box) and b) some mails (e.g., postponed) don't even have one. a downside of the current implementation is, that this id-header remains in the mailbox, but given that it wastes only 27 bytes per mail and removing it would mean several roundtrips more, this seems acceptable. i changed the line-counting loop to use a mmapped file instead of reading it in chunks, as it makes things simpler and is probably even faster for big mails. the amount of goto statements in my code may be scary, but c is simply lacking a multi-level break statement. :) this is the "shut up" patch. :) it makes the -q option consequent, so to say. additionally it adds an -l option which gathers all defined/found mailboxes and just outputs the list. don't ask what i need it for. ;)
22 years ago
\fBUseSSLv2\fR \fIyes\fR|\fIno\fR
Should \fBisync\fR use SSLv2 for communication with the IMAP server over SSL?
(Default: \fIyes\fR if the imaps port is used, otherwise \fIno\fR)
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\fBUseSSLv3\fR \fIyes\fR|\fIno\fR
Should \fBisync\fR use SSLv3 for communication with the IMAP server over SSL?
(Default: \fIyes\fR if the imaps port is used, otherwise \fIno\fR)
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\fBUseTLSv1\fR \fIyes\fR|\fIno\fR
Should \fBisync\fR use TLSv1 for communication with the IMAP server over SSL?
(Default: \fIyes\fR)
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Bunch 'o patches from Oswald Buddenhagen: i implemented some cool stuff (tm). first, the long missing "create server-side missing mailboxes". -C now creates both local and remote boxes; -L and -R create only local/remote. second, i implemented a 1:1 remote:local folder mapping (-1) with an optional INBOX exception (inbox/-I). the remote folder is specified with the folder keyword (or -F switch) and takes precedence over the namespace setting. the local directory with the mailboxes can now be specified on the command line, too (-M). another patch: - made the -1 switch settable permanently (OneToOne). after all, you usually define your mailbox layout once forever. removed -A, as it is semantically -a modified by -1. - cleaned up message output a bit. still, the quiet variable should be used throughout the program. at best, create some generic output function, which obeys a global verbosity level variable. - optimized + cleaned up configuration parser slightly - minor cleanups add an (almost) unique id to every uploaded message and search for it right after. i thought about using the message-id, but a) it is not guaranteed to be unique in a mailbox (imagine you edit a mail and store the dupe in the same box) and b) some mails (e.g., postponed) don't even have one. a downside of the current implementation is, that this id-header remains in the mailbox, but given that it wastes only 27 bytes per mail and removing it would mean several roundtrips more, this seems acceptable. i changed the line-counting loop to use a mmapped file instead of reading it in chunks, as it makes things simpler and is probably even faster for big mails. the amount of goto statements in my code may be scary, but c is simply lacking a multi-level break statement. :) this is the "shut up" patch. :) it makes the -q option consequent, so to say. additionally it adds an -l option which gathers all defined/found mailboxes and just outputs the list. don't ask what i need it for. ;)
22 years ago
\fBOneToOne\fR
\fBisync\fR will ignore any \fIMailbox\fR specifications and instead pick up
all mailboxes from the local \fIMailDir\fR and remote \fIFolder\fR and map
them 1:1 onto each other according to their names.
\fBNOTE:\fR This directive is only meaningful in the \fIglobal\fR
section (see below).
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Bunch 'o patches from Oswald Buddenhagen: i implemented some cool stuff (tm). first, the long missing "create server-side missing mailboxes". -C now creates both local and remote boxes; -L and -R create only local/remote. second, i implemented a 1:1 remote:local folder mapping (-1) with an optional INBOX exception (inbox/-I). the remote folder is specified with the folder keyword (or -F switch) and takes precedence over the namespace setting. the local directory with the mailboxes can now be specified on the command line, too (-M). another patch: - made the -1 switch settable permanently (OneToOne). after all, you usually define your mailbox layout once forever. removed -A, as it is semantically -a modified by -1. - cleaned up message output a bit. still, the quiet variable should be used throughout the program. at best, create some generic output function, which obeys a global verbosity level variable. - optimized + cleaned up configuration parser slightly - minor cleanups add an (almost) unique id to every uploaded message and search for it right after. i thought about using the message-id, but a) it is not guaranteed to be unique in a mailbox (imagine you edit a mail and store the dupe in the same box) and b) some mails (e.g., postponed) don't even have one. a downside of the current implementation is, that this id-header remains in the mailbox, but given that it wastes only 27 bytes per mail and removing it would mean several roundtrips more, this seems acceptable. i changed the line-counting loop to use a mmapped file instead of reading it in chunks, as it makes things simpler and is probably even faster for big mails. the amount of goto statements in my code may be scary, but c is simply lacking a multi-level break statement. :) this is the "shut up" patch. :) it makes the -q option consequent, so to say. additionally it adds an -l option which gathers all defined/found mailboxes and just outputs the list. don't ask what i need it for. ;)
22 years ago
\fBInbox\fR \fImailbox\fR
Exception to the OneToOne mapping: the special IMAP mailbox \fIINBOX\fR
is mapped to the local \fImailbox\fR (relative to the \fIMailDir\fR).
\fBNOTE:\fR This directive is only meaningful in the \fIglobal\fR
section (see below).
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24 years ago
.P
Bunch 'o patches from Oswald Buddenhagen: i implemented some cool stuff (tm). first, the long missing "create server-side missing mailboxes". -C now creates both local and remote boxes; -L and -R create only local/remote. second, i implemented a 1:1 remote:local folder mapping (-1) with an optional INBOX exception (inbox/-I). the remote folder is specified with the folder keyword (or -F switch) and takes precedence over the namespace setting. the local directory with the mailboxes can now be specified on the command line, too (-M). another patch: - made the -1 switch settable permanently (OneToOne). after all, you usually define your mailbox layout once forever. removed -A, as it is semantically -a modified by -1. - cleaned up message output a bit. still, the quiet variable should be used throughout the program. at best, create some generic output function, which obeys a global verbosity level variable. - optimized + cleaned up configuration parser slightly - minor cleanups add an (almost) unique id to every uploaded message and search for it right after. i thought about using the message-id, but a) it is not guaranteed to be unique in a mailbox (imagine you edit a mail and store the dupe in the same box) and b) some mails (e.g., postponed) don't even have one. a downside of the current implementation is, that this id-header remains in the mailbox, but given that it wastes only 27 bytes per mail and removing it would mean several roundtrips more, this seems acceptable. i changed the line-counting loop to use a mmapped file instead of reading it in chunks, as it makes things simpler and is probably even faster for big mails. the amount of goto statements in my code may be scary, but c is simply lacking a multi-level break statement. :) this is the "shut up" patch. :) it makes the -q option consequent, so to say. additionally it adds an -l option which gathers all defined/found mailboxes and just outputs the list. don't ask what i need it for. ;)
22 years ago
Configuration commands that appear prior to the first \fBMailbox\fR
command are considered to be \fIglobal\fR
24 years ago
options which are used as defaults when those specific options are not
specifically set for a defined Mailbox. For example, if you use the same
Bunch 'o patches from Oswald Buddenhagen: i implemented some cool stuff (tm). first, the long missing "create server-side missing mailboxes". -C now creates both local and remote boxes; -L and -R create only local/remote. second, i implemented a 1:1 remote:local folder mapping (-1) with an optional INBOX exception (inbox/-I). the remote folder is specified with the folder keyword (or -F switch) and takes precedence over the namespace setting. the local directory with the mailboxes can now be specified on the command line, too (-M). another patch: - made the -1 switch settable permanently (OneToOne). after all, you usually define your mailbox layout once forever. removed -A, as it is semantically -a modified by -1. - cleaned up message output a bit. still, the quiet variable should be used throughout the program. at best, create some generic output function, which obeys a global verbosity level variable. - optimized + cleaned up configuration parser slightly - minor cleanups add an (almost) unique id to every uploaded message and search for it right after. i thought about using the message-id, but a) it is not guaranteed to be unique in a mailbox (imagine you edit a mail and store the dupe in the same box) and b) some mails (e.g., postponed) don't even have one. a downside of the current implementation is, that this id-header remains in the mailbox, but given that it wastes only 27 bytes per mail and removing it would mean several roundtrips more, this seems acceptable. i changed the line-counting loop to use a mmapped file instead of reading it in chunks, as it makes things simpler and is probably even faster for big mails. the amount of goto statements in my code may be scary, but c is simply lacking a multi-level break statement. :) this is the "shut up" patch. :) it makes the -q option consequent, so to say. additionally it adds an -l option which gathers all defined/found mailboxes and just outputs the list. don't ask what i need it for. ;)
22 years ago
login name for several IMAP servers, you can put a \fBUser\fR command before
the first \fBMailbox\fR command, and then leave out the \fBUser\fR command
in the sections for each mailbox.
\fBisync\fR will then use the global value by default.
24 years ago
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.SH FILES
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.B ~/.isyncrc
Default configuration file
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.SH BUGS
Bunch 'o patches from Oswald Buddenhagen: i implemented some cool stuff (tm). first, the long missing "create server-side missing mailboxes". -C now creates both local and remote boxes; -L and -R create only local/remote. second, i implemented a 1:1 remote:local folder mapping (-1) with an optional INBOX exception (inbox/-I). the remote folder is specified with the folder keyword (or -F switch) and takes precedence over the namespace setting. the local directory with the mailboxes can now be specified on the command line, too (-M). another patch: - made the -1 switch settable permanently (OneToOne). after all, you usually define your mailbox layout once forever. removed -A, as it is semantically -a modified by -1. - cleaned up message output a bit. still, the quiet variable should be used throughout the program. at best, create some generic output function, which obeys a global verbosity level variable. - optimized + cleaned up configuration parser slightly - minor cleanups add an (almost) unique id to every uploaded message and search for it right after. i thought about using the message-id, but a) it is not guaranteed to be unique in a mailbox (imagine you edit a mail and store the dupe in the same box) and b) some mails (e.g., postponed) don't even have one. a downside of the current implementation is, that this id-header remains in the mailbox, but given that it wastes only 27 bytes per mail and removing it would mean several roundtrips more, this seems acceptable. i changed the line-counting loop to use a mmapped file instead of reading it in chunks, as it makes things simpler and is probably even faster for big mails. the amount of goto statements in my code may be scary, but c is simply lacking a multi-level break statement. :) this is the "shut up" patch. :) it makes the -q option consequent, so to say. additionally it adds an -l option which gathers all defined/found mailboxes and just outputs the list. don't ask what i need it for. ;)
22 years ago
\fBisync\fR does not use NFS-safe locking. It will correctly prevent
concurrent synchronization of a mailbox on the same host, but not across NFS.
.P
When synchronizing multiple mailboxes on the same IMAP server, it is not
possible to select different SSL options for each mailbox. Only the options
from the first mailbox are applied since the SSL session is reused.
.P
Bunch 'o patches from Oswald Buddenhagen: i implemented some cool stuff (tm). first, the long missing "create server-side missing mailboxes". -C now creates both local and remote boxes; -L and -R create only local/remote. second, i implemented a 1:1 remote:local folder mapping (-1) with an optional INBOX exception (inbox/-I). the remote folder is specified with the folder keyword (or -F switch) and takes precedence over the namespace setting. the local directory with the mailboxes can now be specified on the command line, too (-M). another patch: - made the -1 switch settable permanently (OneToOne). after all, you usually define your mailbox layout once forever. removed -A, as it is semantically -a modified by -1. - cleaned up message output a bit. still, the quiet variable should be used throughout the program. at best, create some generic output function, which obeys a global verbosity level variable. - optimized + cleaned up configuration parser slightly - minor cleanups add an (almost) unique id to every uploaded message and search for it right after. i thought about using the message-id, but a) it is not guaranteed to be unique in a mailbox (imagine you edit a mail and store the dupe in the same box) and b) some mails (e.g., postponed) don't even have one. a downside of the current implementation is, that this id-header remains in the mailbox, but given that it wastes only 27 bytes per mail and removing it would mean several roundtrips more, this seems acceptable. i changed the line-counting loop to use a mmapped file instead of reading it in chunks, as it makes things simpler and is probably even faster for big mails. the amount of goto statements in my code may be scary, but c is simply lacking a multi-level break statement. :) this is the "shut up" patch. :) it makes the -q option consequent, so to say. additionally it adds an -l option which gathers all defined/found mailboxes and just outputs the list. don't ask what i need it for. ;)
22 years ago
If new mail arrives in the IMAP mailbox after \fBisync\fR
has retrieved the initial message list, the new mail will not be fetched
Bunch 'o patches from Oswald Buddenhagen: i implemented some cool stuff (tm). first, the long missing "create server-side missing mailboxes". -C now creates both local and remote boxes; -L and -R create only local/remote. second, i implemented a 1:1 remote:local folder mapping (-1) with an optional INBOX exception (inbox/-I). the remote folder is specified with the folder keyword (or -F switch) and takes precedence over the namespace setting. the local directory with the mailboxes can now be specified on the command line, too (-M). another patch: - made the -1 switch settable permanently (OneToOne). after all, you usually define your mailbox layout once forever. removed -A, as it is semantically -a modified by -1. - cleaned up message output a bit. still, the quiet variable should be used throughout the program. at best, create some generic output function, which obeys a global verbosity level variable. - optimized + cleaned up configuration parser slightly - minor cleanups add an (almost) unique id to every uploaded message and search for it right after. i thought about using the message-id, but a) it is not guaranteed to be unique in a mailbox (imagine you edit a mail and store the dupe in the same box) and b) some mails (e.g., postponed) don't even have one. a downside of the current implementation is, that this id-header remains in the mailbox, but given that it wastes only 27 bytes per mail and removing it would mean several roundtrips more, this seems acceptable. i changed the line-counting loop to use a mmapped file instead of reading it in chunks, as it makes things simpler and is probably even faster for big mails. the amount of goto statements in my code may be scary, but c is simply lacking a multi-level break statement. :) this is the "shut up" patch. :) it makes the -q option consequent, so to say. additionally it adds an -l option which gathers all defined/found mailboxes and just outputs the list. don't ask what i need it for. ;)
22 years ago
until the next time \fBisync\fR is invoked.
.P
It is currently impossible to unset the \\Flagged attribute of a message
once it is set. It has to be manually unset everywhere since isync
doesn't have enough information to know which was the last status of the
message.
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The ndbm database created for each mailbox is not portable across different
architectures. It currently stores the UID in host byte order.
Bunch 'o patches from Oswald Buddenhagen: i implemented some cool stuff (tm). first, the long missing "create server-side missing mailboxes". -C now creates both local and remote boxes; -L and -R create only local/remote. second, i implemented a 1:1 remote:local folder mapping (-1) with an optional INBOX exception (inbox/-I). the remote folder is specified with the folder keyword (or -F switch) and takes precedence over the namespace setting. the local directory with the mailboxes can now be specified on the command line, too (-M). another patch: - made the -1 switch settable permanently (OneToOne). after all, you usually define your mailbox layout once forever. removed -A, as it is semantically -a modified by -1. - cleaned up message output a bit. still, the quiet variable should be used throughout the program. at best, create some generic output function, which obeys a global verbosity level variable. - optimized + cleaned up configuration parser slightly - minor cleanups add an (almost) unique id to every uploaded message and search for it right after. i thought about using the message-id, but a) it is not guaranteed to be unique in a mailbox (imagine you edit a mail and store the dupe in the same box) and b) some mails (e.g., postponed) don't even have one. a downside of the current implementation is, that this id-header remains in the mailbox, but given that it wastes only 27 bytes per mail and removing it would mean several roundtrips more, this seems acceptable. i changed the line-counting loop to use a mmapped file instead of reading it in chunks, as it makes things simpler and is probably even faster for big mails. the amount of goto statements in my code may be scary, but c is simply lacking a multi-level break statement. :) this is the "shut up" patch. :) it makes the -q option consequent, so to say. additionally it adds an -l option which gathers all defined/found mailboxes and just outputs the list. don't ask what i need it for. ;)
22 years ago
.P
The configuration file takes precedence over command line options.
24 years ago
.SH SEE ALSO
mutt(1), maildir(5)
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Bunch 'o patches from Oswald Buddenhagen: i implemented some cool stuff (tm). first, the long missing "create server-side missing mailboxes". -C now creates both local and remote boxes; -L and -R create only local/remote. second, i implemented a 1:1 remote:local folder mapping (-1) with an optional INBOX exception (inbox/-I). the remote folder is specified with the folder keyword (or -F switch) and takes precedence over the namespace setting. the local directory with the mailboxes can now be specified on the command line, too (-M). another patch: - made the -1 switch settable permanently (OneToOne). after all, you usually define your mailbox layout once forever. removed -A, as it is semantically -a modified by -1. - cleaned up message output a bit. still, the quiet variable should be used throughout the program. at best, create some generic output function, which obeys a global verbosity level variable. - optimized + cleaned up configuration parser slightly - minor cleanups add an (almost) unique id to every uploaded message and search for it right after. i thought about using the message-id, but a) it is not guaranteed to be unique in a mailbox (imagine you edit a mail and store the dupe in the same box) and b) some mails (e.g., postponed) don't even have one. a downside of the current implementation is, that this id-header remains in the mailbox, but given that it wastes only 27 bytes per mail and removing it would mean several roundtrips more, this seems acceptable. i changed the line-counting loop to use a mmapped file instead of reading it in chunks, as it makes things simpler and is probably even faster for big mails. the amount of goto statements in my code may be scary, but c is simply lacking a multi-level break statement. :) this is the "shut up" patch. :) it makes the -q option consequent, so to say. additionally it adds an -l option which gathers all defined/found mailboxes and just outputs the list. don't ask what i need it for. ;)
22 years ago
Up to date information on \fBisync\fR can be found at
http://isync.sourceforge.net/.
24 years ago
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.SH AUTHOR
Written by Michael R. Elkins <me@mutt.org>,
.br
maintained by Oswald Buddenhagen <ossi@users.sf.net>.