From 0991af685548d205a9a3da27b07bb27bd6a72482 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nicolas Sebrecht Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2017 13:36:31 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] manual: KOWN ISSUES: add documentation about the deletions We currently propagate the deletions if: - the content of a folder was deleted; - the parent directory of the folder was deleted. The second case in incorrect and unexpected. This requires further work. Github-ref: https://github.com/OfflineIMAP/offlineimap/issues/426 Signed-off-by: Nicolas Sebrecht --- docs/offlineimap.known_issues.txt | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/offlineimap.known_issues.txt b/docs/offlineimap.known_issues.txt index c3a6639..fb771a6 100644 --- a/docs/offlineimap.known_issues.txt +++ b/docs/offlineimap.known_issues.txt @@ -1,4 +1,15 @@ +* Deletions. ++ +While in usual run the deletions are propagated. To prevent from data loss, +removing a folder makes offlineimap re-sync the folder. However, propagating the +removal of the whole content of a folder can happen in the two following cases: + + - The whole content of a folder is deleted but the folder directory still + exists. + + - The parent directory of the folder was deleted. + * SSL3 write pending. + Users enabling SSL may hit a bug about "SSL3 write pending". If so, the