From 9e09f1316afbd2040b1c5e3321f8dfb64f5875be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nicolas Sebrecht Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2016 15:48:07 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] offlineimap.conf: add comments for the readonly configuration option Explain why the readonly configuration option does not allow to use a read-only filesystem. Github-ref: https://github.com/OfflineIMAP/offlineimap/issues/243 Signed-off-by: Nicolas Sebrecht --- offlineimap.conf | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/offlineimap.conf b/offlineimap.conf index 05bf711..cdf79d0 100644 --- a/offlineimap.conf +++ b/offlineimap.conf @@ -1223,6 +1223,11 @@ remoteuser = username # e.g. backup an IMAP server. The readonly setting can be applied to any # type of Repository (Maildir, Imap, etc). # +# Notice that this does NOT mean that the local Maildir can be used with a +# read-only filesystem When OfflineImap uploads a new email, it is assigned a +# new UID by the remote which is stored in the filename. Otherwise, Offlineimap +# would have no way to map the UID to the file. +# #readonly = False