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Re: synchronization of two maildirs



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On Tuesday, October 28 at 06:01 PM, quoth malahal@xxxxxxxxxx:
>Andrew Haninger [ahaning@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] wrote:
>> On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 5:53 PM,  <malahal@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > So I am looking at programs that would synchronize two maildirs.
>> Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't maildir just a directory of tiny
>> files, each one an email?
>> 
>> What's wrong with rsync?
>
>If I read and delete an email from my laptop, I would like it to be
>deleted at the desktop too. For that, I need to run rsync otherway but
>that could delete the new mail arrived at the desktop.

An additional issue with rsync is that it can't track maildir flag 
changes - if you change a file name (e.g. by reading a message), that 
means the full message must be re-transferred.

~Kyle
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