Re: calling mbsync multiple times in quick succession

[Oswald B. <osw...@gm...>]

On Fri, Aug 12, 2022 at 09:02:01AM +0200, Bence Ferdinandy wrote:
>- If I receive an email at t=0 and start mbsync and then receive emails
>while mbsync is still running I'm guessing those emails may or may not be
>synced depending on when exactly they arrived, but no guarantees, right?
>
correct, as documented under "inherent problems" in the manual.

>- Would mbsync be confused if multiple instances were triggered in
>parallel?
>
no, as documented in "description" in the manual. but it won't quite do 
what you want, either:

>Basically what I'm thinking about is that if parallel running is not a
>problem, than the best and easiest would just to trigger on all incoming
>mail so I get it as fast as possible
>
that won't guarantee that you actually get the mails in a timely manner, 
as the subsequent instances will just exit immediately.

>Or are there any best practices for this?
>
i'm using the attached script, which does box-specific event compression 
and allows invoking a post-sync action (i use box-specific audio 
signals).