no quick syncs

Sebastian Spaeth sebastian at sspaeth.de
Tue Apr 12 22:00:05 BST 2011


On Tue, 12 Apr 2011 00:54:44 +0200, dtk <d.t.k at gmx.de> wrote:
> k, actually I misread the documentation :/ I'm sorry :( I thought
> [quote]
>     # You can tell offlineimap to do a number of quicker synchronizations
>     # between full updates.
> [/quote]
> meant actually *between* full syncs, where when full syncs would take place was
> configured via autorefresh. I expected configuring
> [config]
>     autorefresh = 5
>     quick = 10
> [/config]
> would full sync to take place every 5 * 60 = 300 seconds, with quick syncs being
> triggered every 300 / 10 = 30 seconds. Stupid me *duh*

Right, quick= doesn't do additional checks, it only makes 10 quick ones
at the next "autorefresh" intervals. 

I have found that documentation confusing too, and I only know because I
read the code. Care to send a patch that improves the documentation in
offlineimap.conf?

Sebastian
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