Re: my vs maildir

[Richard Riley]

Brett Viren <brett.viren@gmail.com> writes:

> On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 9:54 PM, Philipp Haselwarter
> <philipp.haselwarter@gmx.de> wrote:
>>
>> That being said - I also still run dovecot as server: for
>> offlineimap. Dno if offlineimap could do without a server, guess I'll
>> have to take a look.
>
> It can.  Here is an example of IMAP-to-IMAP sync using direct calls
> instead of server connections.  The remote goes through SSH.
>
> [Repository LocalIMAP]
> type = IMAP
> preauthtunnel = MAIL=maildir:$HOME/Maildir /usr/lib/dovecot/imap
> holdconnectionopen = yes
>
> [Repository RemoteIMAP]
> type = IMAP
> remotehost = localhost          #use SSH tunnel
> remoteuser = USERNAME
> preauthtunnel = ssh -q REMOTEHOST 'MAIL=maildir:$HOME/Maildir
> /usr/lib/dovecot/imap'
> maxconnections = 3
>
> Adjust as appropriate.
>
> -Brett.
>

Out of idle curiosity, Why do you need to specifiy Maildir paths or even
MAIL settings? If its IMAP just talk through IMAP the underlying storage
should be of no interest to the client.