Hi, I'm trying to get mbsync to do something I'm not sure is supported or encouraged, so I thought I'd ask here for help or clarification. This is my first time posting here, so please point out anywhere I go wrong.
I'm using mbsync to sync multiple remote IMAP accounts with local Maildirs on a Debian GNU/Linux system. I serve these Maildirs locally over IMAP using Dovecot, and read my mail in Emacs using the Gnus MUA. The configuration for each of my accounts looks as follows:
IMAPStore personal-remote User f...@bar.com PassCmd "pass foo" Host imap.gmail.com SSLType IMAPS SSLVersions TLSv1.2 MaildirStore personal-local Path ~/Mail/personal/ Inbox ~/Mail/personal/INBOX Flatten . Channel personal Master :personal-remote: Slave :personal-local: Create Both Expunge Both CopyArrivalDate yes Patterns * SyncState *
Note that I'm using the Flatten option. I don't remember exactly why I needed this when I started using this setup back in 2017 - I think it allowed either Dovecot, or Gnus, or both to work OOTB without tweaking too many options that I didn't understand. It's entirely possible that I can live without it, so long as I can figure out how to get all these systems in agreement. This setup was working fine for me until today, when I decided to enable full-text search in Dovecot using a Xapian plugin[1]. As part of its indexing operation, it seems to have created a subdirectory called xapian-indexes in each of my Maildirs. This results in a directory tree like the following: ~/Mail/personal/ |- INBOX/ | |- cur/ | |- new/ | |- tmp/ | \- <various dovecot files> |- xapian-indexes/ | |- <various db_hash directories with .glass files> | \- <various expunge_hash files> |- <various custom and Gmail IMAP folders> \- <various dovecot files> [1]: https://github.com/grosjo/fts-xapian Now, when I run 'mbsync -D personal', I get the following error:
Reading configuration file /home/blc/.mbsyncrc Channel personal Opening master store personal-remote... M: [ 1] Enter connect_store Resolving imap.gmail.com... ok Connecting to imap.gmail.com (74.125.193.109:993)... M: [ 1] Leave connect_store Opening slave store personal-local... S: [ 2] Enter connect_store S: [ 2] Callback enter connect_store, sts=0 pattern '*' (effective '*'): Path, no INBOX S: [ 3] Enter list_store, flags=2 Maildir error: found subfolder 'xapian-indexes/db_f8b26a30f01e6f5a00050000e7929472', but store 'personal-local' does not specify SubFolders style S: Callback enter bad store S: Enter cancel_store S: Leave cancel_store S: Callback leave bad store S: [ 3] Callback enter list_store S: [ 3] Callback leave list_store S: [ 3] Leave list_store S: [ 2] Callback leave connect_store S: [ 2] Leave connect_store M: Enter cancel_store M: Leave cancel_store
I naively tried setting the Patterns option to things like '!xapian*', but that didn't seem to change anything. So, my question is whether it's possible to ignore this xapian-indexes subdirectory in the local Maildir with my existing setup, or whether I need to change my Maildir layout altogether (for example, by patching fts-xapian to store its indices elsewhere, by removing the use of Flatten and using SubFolders, ...). Thanks for this great tool and TIA for any guidance you can provide, -- Basil
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