Re: stateless synchronization between two imap accounts

[Oswald B. <os...@kd...>]

On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 10:21:56AM +0100, Ploc wrote:
> Le 2013-11-29 09:23, Oswald Buddenhagen a écrit :
> > the state file is not a cache, because it cannot be reconstructed
> > from data mbsync knows about.
> 
> What is it, if it is not a cache ?
> 
persistent data. a state file. ;)
look up the definition of cache if you don't believe me.

> Can't it be possible to imagine a "rebuild mode" for this state file ? 
> If no, is it just difficult to do it, or even impossible due to the way 
> this file is builded ?
> 
it would be possible to resync if one chose to trust message-ids. mbsync
doesn't do that, for good reasons. it would be conceivable to add it as
an option.

> If not, imapsync seems to be the only software that allow stateless 
> imap account synrhonization... Isn't it surprising ?
> 
no, not really.