Karsten Heymann, 2001-Aug-13 02:04 +0200: > Hello List, > > i'm new to this list (as my notebook to me) and have an issue: > > I want to sync my mailfolder on the notebook with the one on my > mailserver/firewall. I found isync and mailsync, but both require > running an imap-server on my mail machine which is not what i want. I'd > prefer something like rsync or unison, but with syncing from modified > mailboxes on both sides. Someone having an idea? > > I found a thread on this issue in the archives (geocrawler) from 99, but > that was about slink and didn't help me. I'm running woody. > > thanks, > > Karsten
I use rsync to sync my ~/Mail directories from my laptop to my backup server. I use maildirs, and it works nicely. However, I don't use these mail directories on the backup server, accept for reference and backup. I don't think rsync will copy changes made on the backup server to my laptop, at least I haven't determined that yet. I also like the fact that I can use ssh to run the rsync process over. rsync -e ssh -q --times --update --delete -r ~/stuff <servername>:<backupdir> You could also check out "catchup": http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~neilb/oss/catchup/ I haven't used catchup, so I can't comment. jc -- Jeff Coppock Nortel Networks Systems Engineer http://nortelnetworks.com Major Accts. Santa Clara, CA
