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To: Jared Rhine <jared@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: offlineimap@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Network retry
From: Martijn Pieters <mj@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 18:01:18 -0500

On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 02:46:17PM -0800, Jared Rhine wrote:
> Martijn> My preferred way is running offlineimap in the background
> Martijn> using a cron job, every couple of minutes. If it couldn't
> Martijn> connect, it'll try again later.
> 
> What if the last one is still running?  Can offlineimap experience
> corruption in this case?

No, per-mailbox locking prevents corruption. I have two instances running
simultanious right now, and they each process different mailboxes.

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Martijn Pieters
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