[PATCH 3/4] Re: Update FAQ with info on maildir-windows-compatible

[Nicolas Sebrecht]

On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 10:58:34PM +0200, Vladimir Marek wrote:
> > > @@ -64,28 +64,9 @@ An informal benchmark yields these results for my setup::
> > >  What platforms does OfflineIMAP support?
> > >  ----------------------------------------
> > >  
> > > -It should run on most platforms supported by Python, which are quite a few. I
> > > -do not support Windows myself, but some have made it work there.  Use on
> > > -Windows
> > > -
> > > -These answers have been reported by OfflineIMAP users. I do not run OfflineIMAP
> > > -on Windows myself, so I can’t directly address their accuracy.
> > > -
> > > -The basic answer is that it’s possible and doesn’t require hacking OfflineIMAP
> > > -source code. However, it’s not necessarily trivial. The information below is
> > > -based in instructions submitted by Chris Walker.
> > > -
> > > -First, you must run OfflineIMAP in the Cygwin environment. The Windows
> > > -filesystem is not powerful enough to accomodate Maildir by itself.
> > 
> > From what I understood, you don't run OfflineIMAP on Windows, do you? If
> > not, I can't agree to remove this from the FAQ.
> 
> Ok, let me take that back, please. I misunderstood the behavior of
> cygwin. Back in time cygwin had 'managed' mount which allowed to have
> ':' in the file name. That capability was removed in one of the
> releases and I thought that cygwin no longer supports ':'. That is not
> true, since cygwin now supports files with ':' in their name natively. I
> tried to run offlineimap on windows in cygwin and it seemed to work
> fine.
> 
> 
> > > -Next, you’ll need to mount your Maildir directory in a special way. There is
> > > -information for doing that at http://barnson.org/node/295. That site gives this
> > > -example::
> > > -
> > > -  mount -f -s -b -o managed "d:/tmp/mail" "/home/of/mail"
> > > -
> 
> That is no longer true.
> 
> 
> > > -That URL also has more details on making OfflineIMAP work with Windows.
> > > -
> > > +It should run on most platforms supported by Python, which are quite a few.
> > > +There is problem with Mailidrs on Windows drives, see
> >                          ^^^^^^^^
> > nitpick:                 Maildirs
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> I'll rework the change.

I didn't found a rework; did you already sent one?

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Nicolas Sebrecht