# warnings, set ignore-readonly to yes. Read-only IMAP folders allow
# reading but not modification, so if you try to change messages in
# the local copy of such a folder, the IMAP server will prevent
-# OfflineIMAP from propogating those changes to the IMAP server.
+# OfflineIMAP from propagating those changes to the IMAP server.
ignore-readonly = no
########## Advanced settings
-# You can have offlineimap continue running indefinately, automatically
+# You can have offlineimap continue running indefinitely, automatically
# syncing your mail periodically. If you want that, specify how
# frequently to do that (in minutes) here. You can also specify
# fractional minutes (ie, 3.25).
# There are five ways to give the password for the remote IMAP
# server:
#
-# 1. No password at all specified in the config file. If a matching
-# entry is found in ~/.netrc (see netrc (5) for information) the
-# password from the matching entry will be used. Otherwise you
-# will be prompted for the password when OfflineIMAP starts.
+# 1. No password at all specified in the config file. If a matching entry is
+# found in ~/.netrc (see netrc (5) for information) the password from the
+# matching entry will be used. If there is no ~/.netrc file but there is an
+# /etc/netrc file, the password will instead be taken from there. Otherwise
+# you will be prompted for the password when OfflineIMAP starts.
#
# 2. The remote password stored in this file with the remotepass
# option. Example:
#
# reference = Mail
+# In between synchronisations, OfflineIMAP can monitor mailboxes for new
+# messages using the IDLE command. If you want to enable this, specify here
+# the folders you wish to monitor. Note that the IMAP protocol requires a
+# separate connection for each folder monitored in this way, so setting
+# this option will force settings for:
+# maxconnections - to be at least the number of folders you give
+# holdconnectionopen - to be true
+# keepalive - to be 29 minutes unless you specify otherwise
+# This option should return a Python list. For example
+#
+# idlefolders = ['INBOX', 'INBOX.Alerts']
+#
+
# OfflineIMAP can use multiple connections to the server in order
# to perform multiple synchronization actions simultaneously.
# This may place a higher burden on the server. In most cases,
# continue to exist in the '[Gmail]/All Mail' folder. If `realdelete`
# is set to `True`, then deleted messages will really be deleted
# during `offlineimap` sync, by moving them to the '[Gmail]/Trash'
-# folder. BEWARE: this will deleted a messages from *all folders* it
+# folder. BEWARE: this will delete a messages from *all folders* it
# belongs to!
#
# See http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=77657&topic=12815