Timo Sirainen wrote: > dsync in Dovecot v2.0 tree is a new utility for syncing a mailbox in two > locations. Some things it can be used for: > > - Initially transfer a mailbox to another server via SSH > - A faster sync done to an existing mailbox, sending only changes > - A superfast sync based on modification sequences. > - Source and destination mailboxes can use different formats > (convert-tool will be history) > > dsync can handle all kinds of conflicts in mailboxes, handle mailbox > deletions, renames, etc. So it's safe to sync even if both source and > destination mailboxes have had all kinds of changes. > > Now, the question is: Does anyone want dsync to only sync changes from > source to destination, instead of doing a full two-way sync? I think in > typical cases where you'd think you would want only one-way sync are > also the cases where there's no changes coming the other way in any > case. >
Yes; moving mail from an old source (for example, my old home dovecot server which still occasionally gets mail, but otherwise I don't really use it). I wouldn't want all my current mail sent to it for this purpose. ~Seth