From 38dfa1d684d2f4d27274eb0cadcf54707ad2110f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: dtk Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 10:48:51 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Improve documentation on quick syncs Make clear that quick syncs do not happen inbetween full syncs (ie they are part of the regular autorefresh intervals and don't happen within them). This part of the documentation had confused many. Signed-off-by: dtk Modified-by: Sebastian Spaeth Signed-off-by: Sebastian Spaeth Signed-off-by: Nicolas Sebrecht --- offlineimap.conf | 18 +++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/offlineimap.conf b/offlineimap.conf index 987b6b4..869ac96 100644 --- a/offlineimap.conf +++ b/offlineimap.conf @@ -171,13 +171,17 @@ remoterepository = RemoteExample # autorefresh = 5 -# You can tell offlineimap to do a number of quicker synchronizations -# between full updates. A quick synchronization only synchronizes -# if a Maildir folder has changed, or if an IMAP folder has received -# new messages or had messages deleted. It does not update if the -# only changes were to IMAP flags. Specify 0 to never do quick updates, -# -1 to always do quick updates, or a positive integer to do that many -# quick updates between each full synchronization (requires autorefresh). +# OfflineImap can replace a number of full updates by quick +# synchronizations. It only synchronizes a folder if 1) a Maildir +# folder has changed, or 2) if an IMAP folder has received new messages +# or had messages deleted, ie it does not update if only IMAP flags have +# changed. Full updates need to fetch ALL flags for all messages, so +# this makes quite a performance difference (especially if syncing +# between two IMAP servers). +# Specify 0 for never, -1 for always (works even in non-autorefresh +# mode), or a positive integer to do quick updates before doing +# another full synchronization (requires autorefresh). Updates are +# always performed after minutes, be they quick or full. # quick = 10