Bastien 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. Cheers, Rainer -- Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany) Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology Stellenbosch University South Africa Tel : +33 - (0)9 53 10 27 44 Cell: +33 - (0)6 85 62 59 98 Fax : +33 - (0)9 58 10 27 44 Fax (D): +49 - (0)3 21 21 25 22 44 email: Rainer@krugs.de Skype: RMkrug PGP: 0x0F52F982