Julien Cubizolles <j.cubizolles@free.fr> writes:

> Rasmus <rasmus@gmx.us> writes:
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>> Rainer M Krug <Rainer@krugs.de> writes:
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>>> Bastien <bzg@gnu.org> writes:
>>>
>>>> Thanks again for the detailed config Rainer.
>>>>
>>>> The way to go for me know is to discipline myself not retrieving email
>>>> too often.  An old "papa"-way to avoid race conditions.
>>>
>>> True - offlineimap checks in my case every two minutes (offlineimap's
>>> quick check), and an more detailed check every 10 minutes - I guess this
>>> is often quite often.
>>
>> Offlineimap supports IDLE.
>
> Does this mean you don't need to run offlineimap periodically if you use
> this mode ? It doesn't help with potential race conditions with Gnus
> accessing the mailbox, does it ? 

Yes - offlineimap is running permanently, but ony checks in specific
intervalls - the rest of the time it is idling, but can, if told so,
keep the connection open (and this is what I do in my config).

No - I don't think it has any impact on potential race conditions.

Cheers,

Rainer

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>> Rasmus
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