Re: offlineimap and dovecot

[Andy Schofield <ajs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Frank

On 30/10/07 15:06, Frank Thieme wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I want to have a local imap server on my notebook, because I like to play
> around with different MUAs. To avoid downloading my eMails again and again
> I just wanna sync some external IMAP server with my local one.
> 

I have implemented exactly such a system using dovecot and offlineimap.

> So what is better with dovecot, sync IMAP-IMAP or sync directly to the
> underlying Maildir++?

It is much faster to sync directly to an underlying Maildir++ directory. 
IMAP-IMAP I found very slow.

> 
> And what would the right nametrans for it be?
> 
> nametrans = lambda foldername: re.sub('^INBOX\.*', '.', foldername)
> 
> doesn't work, because there are Sent, Draft and other folders, which are
> on the same level as INBOX and not under it.

Use the one that Asheesh provided in response to my question. His custom 
translations generate a Maildir++ structure which is compatible with 
dovecot.

http://lists.complete.org/offlineimap@xxxxxxxxxxxx/2007/10/msg00006.html.gz

It deals with the INBOX as a special case.

Andy