Re: [Dovecot] Replication via sneakernet

2013-12-07 Thread David Bishop
On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 1:49 PM, Nikolaus Rath wrote: > Ah, well, your original email never mentioned phones :-). In that case > UUCP is not going to work well. > > I was assuming that Bob (and everyone else) has a laptop. In that case, > he would carry his mail spool around with him, and send and

Re: [Dovecot] Replication via sneakernet

2013-12-07 Thread Nikolaus Rath
David Bishop writes: > On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 10:28 PM, Nikolaus Rath wrote: > >> David Bishop writes: >> > Is there a way to get a running transaction log from a Dovecot instance >> to >> > synchronize (and I use that word very, very loosely) multiple instances >> > that don't share a network?

Re: [Dovecot] Replication via sneakernet

2013-12-07 Thread LuKreme
On 06 Dec 2013, at 21:09 , David Bishop wrote: > If I do this with UUCP, every station is going to > have its own copy of each message, but not copies of read flags (and no way > of conveying that a message has been read, or, more importantly, deleted, > which becomes a problem when some mail reci

Re: [Dovecot] Replication via sneakernet

2013-12-06 Thread David Bishop
On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 10:28 PM, Nikolaus Rath wrote: > David Bishop writes: > > Is there a way to get a running transaction log from a Dovecot instance > to > > synchronize (and I use that word very, very loosely) multiple instances > > that don't share a network? > > I think what you want is

Re: [Dovecot] Replication via sneakernet

2013-12-06 Thread Nikolaus Rath
David Bishop writes: > Is there a way to get a running transaction log from a Dovecot instance to > synchronize (and I use that word very, very loosely) multiple instances > that don't share a network? I think what you want is not synchronize the state of one mail server across multiple computers

Re: [Dovecot] Replication via sneakernet

2013-11-28 Thread Timo Sirainen
On 28.11.2013, at 19.08, David Bishop wrote: There are trams shuttling back and forth along this road (stopping at >>> each station), and adding a small box (such as a weatherproofed Raspberry Pi with a wifi dongle) to transport files up and down the road is pretty simple. >>>

Re: [Dovecot] Replication via sneakernet

2013-11-28 Thread David Bishop
D'oh. Replied to Timo instead of to the list. Apologies! On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 1:07 PM, David Bishop wrote: > On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 1:02 AM, Timo Sirainen wrote: > >> On 28.11.2013, at 5.17, David Bishop wrote: >> >> > There are trams shuttling back and forth along this road (stopping at >

Re: [Dovecot] Replication via sneakernet

2013-11-27 Thread Timo Sirainen
On 28.11.2013, at 5.17, David Bishop wrote: > Is there a way to get a running transaction log from a Dovecot instance to > synchronize (and I use that word very, very loosely) multiple instances > that don't share a network? dsync replication was designed in a way that would allow transferring t

[Dovecot] Replication via sneakernet

2013-11-27 Thread David Bishop
Is there a way to get a running transaction log from a Dovecot instance to synchronize (and I use that word very, very loosely) multiple instances that don't share a network? Why I would want to do such a thing: I have a couple way stations along a long, winding road through very hilly country, an