Re: offlineimap and dovecot

[David Favro <offlineimap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Andy Schofield wrote:
> 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.
>   
I also have the same setup, although my "remote" IMAP is dovecot while
the "local" is courier.  I use IMAP-IMAP sync (it's been some time so I
forget why I originally did
it that way, perhaps for no reason) and it works quite well but it is
dog slow.  Based on your experience, perhaps I should have a look at
configuring to directly manipulate the Maildir.