[Kde-pim] KMail DIMAP Cache Migration Fallback

[Till Adam]

On Monday 31 May 2010 16:17:49 Kevin Krammer wrote:
> On Monday, 2010-05-31, Till Adam wrote:
> > On Monday 31 May 2010 12:08:16 Kevin Krammer wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > while pondering about useful behavior in cases of migration failure, I
> > >
> > >  thought about this one:
> > > The DIMAP cache is, from the data point of view, just like the KMail
> > > mail directory, i.e. a maildir tree plus index files.
> > >
> > > In the unfortunate event of failing to import the cache, we could fall
> > > back
> > >
> > >  to create a local resource for the respective account's cache.
> > >
> > > Or  we could create a local resource for all caches, which would as a
> > > side effect allow users to delete the cached mails directly from their
> > > mail applications.
> > >
> > > What do you think?
> >
> > Makes sense to me, maybe this could be an option in the migration
> > process? To help people clean up?
> 
> You mean something like
> 
> "Keep cache as local folders"
> "Remove cache after migration"

Yes, and always keep it on failures, as local folders.

Till


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