Re: Dreamhost Compatibility

[Patrick Morris <trick@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Tom Purl wrote:
> Here's the actual error:
>
>     ***** Processing account Dreamhost
>     Copying folder structure from IMAP to Maildir
>     Establishing connection to mail.tompurl.com:143.
>     Syncing INBOX: IMAP -> Maildir
>     WARNING: UID validity problem for folder INBOX (saved 1167932556; got
> 1168703442); skipping it
>     ...
>
> This happened to me consistently.  Do you know what you're doing to
> avoid this issue?  One difference may be that I'm using my non-default
> e-mail account, one which I don't have shell access to; only IMAP
> access.
>
> So it looks like I have one of three options.  Copy Patrick's method,
> stop using offlineimap or start using the preauth workaround with
> Courier IMAP that John Goerzen recommended.
>
> Thanks for the help!
>   
Interesting -- I wonder if it makes a difference that I've been at 
Dreamhost for a relatively long time.

I can't get to the machine I pull from right now, but when I can I'll 
look to see if I've got any strange workarounds set up in there.