two remote configs
Erik Quaeghebeur
I currently have a remote config on one server, but want to try out if I
could put it on another that is possibly less prone to disconnect.
Is it possible to have multiple remote configs? (I know that keeping them
in sync would be my own responsibility.) Using the S Z does not allow me
to create a remote config anymore because I already have one.
Is it possible to easily move my remote config from server to server?
Erik
Eduardo Chappa
:) I currently have a remote config on one server, but want to try out if
:) I could put it on another that is possibly less prone to disconnect.
Erik,
In the source code for Alpine (or Pine) there are two programs that can
help you, one called "rpdump", which you can use to download your
configuration from an IMAP server, and another called "rpload" to save
your configuration to an IMAP server.
Remember that you can override any option in Alpine through the command
line. In particular, you can start Alpine as
alpine -p {server.com}your.pinerc
(quotes may be necessary) to indicate which cinfiguration you want to use.
Steve Hubert
> Is it possible to have multiple remote configs? (I know that keeping them in
> sync would be my own responsibility.) Using the S Z does not allow me to
> create a remote config anymore because I already have one.
It is not possible to use a second as an automatic backup of the first,
but it is possible to do it manually.
> Is it possible to easily move my remote config from server to server?
Eduardo's advice is good. It is also worth noting that a remote config is
simply an IMAP folder with special messages that contain the config data.
The important messages are the first message (kind of a header) and the
last message (the config data itself). Copying those using Save should
work and might be simpler than using rpload/rpdump.
Steve
Erik Quaeghebeur
>
>> Is it possible to have multiple remote configs? (I know that keeping them
>> in sync would be my own responsibility.) Using the S Z does not allow me
>> to create a remote config anymore because I already have one.
On Tue, 2 Sep 2008, Steve Hubert wrote:
>
> It is not possible to use a second as an automatic backup of the first, but
> it is possible to do it manually.
>
>> Is it possible to easily move my remote config from server to server?
>
> Eduardo's advice is good. It is also worth noting that a remote config is
> simply an IMAP folder with special messages that contain the config data. The
> important messages are the first message (kind of a header) and the last
> message (the config data itself). Copying those using Save should work and
> might be simpler than using rpload/rpdump.
Thank you Eduardo and Steve, I managed the copy; easy as can be.
Erik