syncing mail by simply syncing the filesystem

Arvid Picciani aep at exys.org
Sat Jun 12 06:23:45 PDT 2010


On Sat, 12 Jun 2010 09:13:07 +0200, Christoph Groth <cwg at falma.de> wrote:

> The ideal setup would be one which would allow to use any of my
> computers independently (for example when I'm away with my laptop).
> When necessary, the local mail stores would be synchronized by simply
> syncing the home directory (I'm using unison for this).

syncing maildir works.  notmuch's db resides inside your maildir, but its
probably not safe to do while its running. And you can only have one
place receive your mail, otherwise you loose tags.


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