From 053085eaac7a1bfa4ad4b6a0509b35c53809761c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "http://spindritf.myopenid.com/" Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 00:19:44 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] --- doc/forum/Poor_man__39__s_IMAP.mdwn | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/forum/Poor_man__39__s_IMAP.mdwn diff --git a/doc/forum/Poor_man__39__s_IMAP.mdwn b/doc/forum/Poor_man__39__s_IMAP.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..24c1190c20 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/Poor_man__39__s_IMAP.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +I have an e-mail server configured to save my mail in ~/Maildir on an account that is available over ssh. I'd like to keep emailserver:~/Maildir in a two-way sync with laptop:~/Mail/private essentially creating a poor man's IMAP — without setting up and maintaining an actual IMAP server. **Is it an appropriate use of git-annex or would another tool be more fitting? And how do I go about doing it?** I'd like to sync the files, the content, not just information about the files or other meta-data. + +I tried setting it up with the webUI to the assistant but it only offers encrypted storage[1] on the remote server. I looked into setting it up manually but "git-annex does not notice when files are added to remote rsync repositories."[2] + +[1] http://git-annex.branchable.com/bugs/Remote_repositories_have_to_be_setup_encrypted/ +[2] from comments on http://git-annex.branchable.com/special_remotes/rsync/