Behave well when using mbsync to sync maildirs #91
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mbsync dies if you move files around but keep their names the same, after a while. This patch randomises the names when moving things.
This corresponds to a change in MailMover which makes it rename moved mails so as not to break mbsync
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Any update on this? I'm also using mbsync. |
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Behave well when using mbsync to sync maildirs
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@larkery thx for the pull req, with "rename = true" it works for my now with mbsync. |
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Happy to help; it's been working for me for a while now, so I think it is probably trustworthy. However, someone who has actually read the maildir spec might have a different opinion about what I'm doing, so caveat emptor. |
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Previously the documentation was silent on this flag, which is an important one for the users who want it.
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I use mbsync to sync my maildir with remote IMAP, and it has an odd behaviour where moving a mail from one maildir to another without changing its name breaks the sync state because the UID for the message is derived from the filename alone; it seems like this is a limitation of mbsync which is otherwise a good bit of software.
These changes add an option
renametoMailMoverwhich makes it concoct a new filename when it moves mail to another maildir. A similar workaround exists in e.g. mu4e.I'm guessing most afew users are either using offlineimap or some other tool for producing their maildir which is why nobody else has encountered this problem before.