From 3d125602f64bfb55164956a22925451ba4a2e27f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?S=C3=A9bastien=20Gross?= Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2015 10:32:22 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add documentation for filename_use_mail_timestamp. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Signed-off-by: Sébastien Gross Signed-off-by: Nicolas Sebrecht --- offlineimap.conf | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+) diff --git a/offlineimap.conf b/offlineimap.conf index 07f9901..6c5ac24 100644 --- a/offlineimap.conf +++ b/offlineimap.conf @@ -514,6 +514,29 @@ localfolders = ~/Test #utime_from_header = no +# This option stands in the [Repository LocalExample] section. +# +# This option is similar to "utime_from_header" and could be use as a +# complementary feature to keep track of a message date. This option only +# makes sense for the Maildir type. +# +# By default each message is stored in a file which prefix is the fetch +# timestamp and an order rank such as "1446590057_0". In a multithreading +# environment message are fetched in a random order, then you can't trust +# the file name to sort your boxes. +# +# If set to "yes" the file name prefix if build on the message "Date" header +# (which should be present) or the "Received-date" if "Date" is not +# found. If neither "Received-date" nor "Date" is found, the current system +# date is used. Now you can quickly sort your messages using their file +# names. +# +# Used in combination with "utime_from_header" all your message would be in +# order with the correct mtime attribute. +# +#filename_use_mail_timestamp = no + + [Repository GmailLocalExample] # This type of repository enables syncing of Gmail. All Maildir