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#!/bin/cat
# $Id: FAQ,v 1.100 2011/12/10 01:38:36 gilles Exp gilles $
# $Id: FAQ,v 1.102 2012/01/08 06:40:50 gilles Exp gilles $
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| FAQ for imapsync |
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R. Yes, the license permits it
http://imapsync.lamiral.info/COPYING
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Q. I use --useuid which uses a cache in /tmp or --tmpdir, the hostnames
host1 or host2 has changed but mailboxes are the same. Will imapsync
generate duplicate messages on next runs?
R. Yes
Q. How can I fix this?
R. The cache path reflects hostnames or ip adresses, just change the
directory names of host1 or host2. Use --dry to see if next runs
will generate duplucates.
By default the cache is like
/tmp/imapsync_cache/host1/user1/host2/user2/...
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Q. How can I speed up transfers?
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on each run.
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Q. Some passwords contain * and " characters. Login fails.
Q. On Unix, some passwords contain * and " characters. Login fails.
R. Use a backslash to escape the characters:
imapsync --password1 \"password\"
imapsync ... --password1 \"password\"
It works for the star * character,
I don't know if it works for the " character.
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Q. Out of memory on FreeBSD
Q. On Windows, some passwords contain $ characters. Login fails.
R1. Enclose passwords between ""
R. http://groups.google.com/group/lucky.freebsd.questions/browse_thread/thread/f4218e4252863328
imapsync ... --password1 "zzz$zz$$z"
See the user limit with the command
ulimit -a
To change it, try
ulimit -d 1000000000
Also
http://www.unixadmintalk.com/f41/perl-out-memory-sbrk-9112/
The default hard datasize limit on FreeBSD is 512MB. To raise it, put this
(or more) in /boot/loader.conf and reboot:
R2. Prefix each $ character with a ^ since ^ is the escape character
on Windows
kern.maxdsiz="1024M"
imapsync ... --password1 zzz^$zz^$^$z
For a password that is exactly the 8 characters string $%&<>|^"
you have to enter
imapsync ... --password1 "$%%&<>|^"^"
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Q. With huge account (many messages) when it comes to reading the