Re: different uuid encoding options

[John Goerzen <jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Matthew O'Gorman wrote:
> Hello
> I am trying to use offlineimap with ifolder, www.ifolder.com, ifolder is a
> file syncronization software.
> However I am running into trouble with namespace collisions.  ifolder
> considers a namespace collision when
> two files have same name but not same case, and some other stipulations.
> How would I go about recompiling
> offlineimap and making uids just hex numbers or something similar to avoid
> this problem.

You would have to edit the source code to implement that feature.  A
"recompile" wouldn't do it.  Maildirs are designed to run on
case-sensitive filesystems, and I would not necessarily assume that
there is any reliable way to make OfflineIMAP do what you want reliably
with ifolder.