Sync two 10.6 file servers

Hi everyone,
this might be a very basic question, but I haven’t seen a good guide on how to accomplish this, hence the question.
I would like to use 2 absolutely identical file servers (no other services, only AFP) with one of them being a backup that is not in use unless the first one crashes, burns, gets stolen, etc. The servers will be a Mac mini Server each with both having a 12 TB FireWire RAID attached. They need to be in separate locations, but Gigabit Ethernet is available to connect them.
In order to be clear: I thought of syncing both the system and the data on the RAID.
Do you have any recommendations on how to best accomplish this? Is there a best practice? Is rsync what I need here?
Thanks
Björn

There are many, many elements to your question and synching the data is the least (and easiest?) part of the equation.
For one, what's your failover model? Do you want the failover to happen instantly, with no disruption to the users? or do you mind if the users get disconnected and have to reconnect to their shares?
Or maybe you want failover to only happen manually? (i.e. only when you know the primary server is going to be down for a while). This is common because the cost of failback (i.e. resynching the 'backup' data to the primary server) is time consuming and could take longer than the primary server would be offline, anyway - if it'll take 2 hours to sync your data back then there's no point in failing over if your server is going to be back in 10 minutes.
Then there's the volume of data and, more importantly, the rate of change. Even if you have 10TB of data there may be only a few megabytes of data that changes daily and needs to be kept in sync. That wil ave a big impact on your replication strategy.
While on that subject, how much tolerance do you have for the servers being out of sync? If you need them to be real-time then you don't have the equipment for this - real-time replication of filesystems is a tricky (and expensive) task. If you want to sync daily, or even a few times a day, then that's easier, with the cost being a few hours' lost work should an unexpected failover happen. That may or may not be viable for you.
Either way I would not recommend Retrospect for this (or even for regular backups). A simple rsync shell script can replicate the data between two servers, it's largely an issue of frequency and volume that you have to consider.

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AS
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Hi all,
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Logged user out:
1:: [573] PHD-L-fd-yCD8Svr1-smith Scanning flagged directory "Desktop/NetworkDiagramMaster-2010_vB.graffle/"
1:: [573] PHD-L-fd-yCD8Svr1-smith Scanning flagged directory "Desktop/NetworkDiagramMaster-2010_vB.graffle/QuickLook/"
1:: [573] network: PACKAGE ADD (DEEP) "Desktop/NetworkDiagramMaster-2010_vB.graffle" {(Priority=1, READY)}
1:: [573] <GO> network: PACKAGE ADD (DEEP) "Desktop/NetworkDiagramMaster-2010_vB.graffle" {(Priority=1, EXECUTING)}
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./data.plist
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image130.png
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image136.pdf
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image137.pdf
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image138.pdf
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image139.pdf
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image140.pdf
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image141.emf
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image142.emf
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image143.emf
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image144.emf
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image145.emf
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image146.png
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image147.emf
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image148.emf
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image149.emf
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image150.emf
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image151.emf
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image152.png
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image153.png
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image154.tiff
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image155.bmp
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image156.jpg
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image157.pdf
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image158.emf
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image159.emf
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image160.emf
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image161.emf
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image162.emf
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image164.tiff
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image165.png
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image166.jpg
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image167.ai
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image168.bmp
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image169.bmp
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image170.bmp
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image171.eps
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image172.tiff
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image173.jpg
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image174.jpg
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image175.jpg
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image176.gif
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image177.bmp
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image178.png
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image179.tiff
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image18.wmf
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image180.pdf
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image20.pdf
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image23.tiff
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image24.tiff
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image31.bmp
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image32.wmf
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image33.pdf
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image34.pdf
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image36.pdf
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image37.pdf
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image38.tiff
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image39.pdf
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image40.pdf
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image41.pdf
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image42.pdf
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image44.pdf
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image45.pdf
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image46.pdf
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image47.pdf
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image48.pdf
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image54.tiff
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image55.pdf
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image56.pdf
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image57.pdf
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image58.pdf
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image59.pdf
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image60.pdf
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image61.pdf
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image62.jpg
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image63.jpg
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image64.jpg
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image65.jpg
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./image66.png
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./QuickLook/Preview.pdf
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./QuickLook/Thumbnail.tiff
1:: [573] ...<OK> : ADD ./QuickLook
1:: [573] <OK> network: PACKAGE ADD (DEEP) "Desktop/NetworkDiagramMaster-2010_vB.graffle" {(Priority=1, EXECUTING)}
1:: [573] -[SPeer(protected) processPackageJob:]: Found 'empty' package job. Ignoring.
I checked the users folder on the server and the file was in their desktop folder, completely intact.
Restarted, logged user back in:
0:: [117] [2010/03/24 11:08:07.598] PHD:Contents CONFLICT at "Desktop/NetworkDiagramMaster-2010_vB.graffle/"
0:: [117] [2010/03/24 11:08:07.598] PHD:--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---
0:: [117] [2010/03/24 11:08:07.598] PHD:AVV | CVV | Info:Finder | Info:Mod Date | Info:Mode | Info:NodeID | Info:Props | Info:User/Group | LVV | Object Name | ObjectID | Status
0:: [117] [2010/03/24 11:08:07.598] PHD:PHD-L-fd-yCD8Svr1-smith1269439466[] | PHD-L-fd-yCD8Svr1-smith1269439466[] | FF:0000 | 2010/03/24 10:58:19 | rwxr-xr-x | ID:0x0000000096957a | | U: 1104 G: 20 | PHD-L-fd-yCD8Svr1-smith1269439466[] | / | 0x1adb3d0 <x-coredata://68B7FC25-9F7D-4013-A591-E646B2A38B43/SNode/p15455> | P
0:: [117] [2010/03/24 11:08:07.598] PHD:PHD-L-fd-yCD8Svr1-smith1269439466[] | PHD-L-fd-yCD8Svr1-smith1269439466[] | FF:0000 | 2010/03/24 10:58:19 | rwxr-xr-x | ID:0x00000000168882 | | U: 1104 G: 20 | PHD-L-fd-yCD8Svr1-smith1269439466[] | / | 0x1a0a130 <x-coredata://5BC3195E-D57D-4CB2-BEEC-103892292F44/SNode/p15507> | D
0:: [117] [2010/03/24 11:08:07.599] PHD:CONFLICT at "Desktop/NetworkDiagramMaster-2010_vB.graffle/" auto-resolved: winning peer "network", new version vector: PHD-L-fd-yCD8Svr1-smith1269439466[]
1:: [117] PHD:Sync job generation pass 2 of 2 for "HomeSync_Mirror" took 0.08 seconds
1:: [117] PHD:Sync jobs for peer local
1:: [117] PHD: local: DELETE "Desktop/NetworkDiagramMaster-2010_vB.graffle" {(Priority=1, READY)}
1:: [117] PHD: local: ADD "Desktop/NetworkDiagramMaster-2010_vB.graffle" {(Priority=1, BLOCKED)}
1:: [117] PHD:Items to copy: 20, bytes to copy: 879
1:: [117] PHD:<OK> local: DELETE "Desktop/NetworkDiagramMaster-2010_vB.graffle" {(Priority=1, EXECUTING)}
1:: [117] PHD:<OK> local: ADD "Desktop/NetworkDiagramMaster-2010_vB.graffle" {(Priority=1, EXECUTING)}
1:: [117] PHD:-[SPeer(protected) processPackageJob:]: Found 'empty' package job. Ignoring.
This time, when checking the file on the desktop of the users system, the file was there, but there were no contents in the package.
The user has since logged out and left for the day, but I checked the server and for now, the file seems to be OK. It appears that when the person syncs later, the "blank" file is pushed from their system back up to the server. Then both files are blank.
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Has anyone out there run across this or have any ideas for a fix?

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Can you have two separate iTunes files on one computer?

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Hello folks,
Since the latest Creative Cloud update (I'm using version 1.9.0.465 as of this writing), I've been unable to successfully sync my Creative Cloud Files folder.
First things first, as other forum users have posted elsewhere, when the update installed itself, my Creative Cloud Files folder was moved from my chosen location to its default location (C:\Users\MyUserName) and I've been unable to put it back where I wanted it.
However, more pressingly, I noticed that every time I booted my computer, neither my wife nor I were able to access the Internet. After a couple days' trial and error I realized that Creative Cloud was trying (unsuccessfully) to sync about seven files (totaling about 750MB) to the cloud, and anytime the sync was actively working, my network access was completely blocked. Even the Creative Cloud desktop app itself couldn't access the Internet to authenticate my apps or Typekit fonts.
I have managed to get much smaller files (1MB, 5MB, up to 15MB) to sync successfully, however this takes a really long time, and no one on my network can manage to load a web page on their device until the sync is complete.
Right now I've got syncing paused, and everything on my network is working fine.
For some additional info, I've attached a screen grab of my Networking tab from Task Manager:
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Syncing is entirely broken, and prevents everyone on my network from using the Internet while CC spins its wheels.
For some reason, following the same update, I'm unable to change the location of my Creative Cloud Files folder.
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Uninstalling & reinstalling the Creative Cloud Desktop app-- no change
Clearing my archived files on creative.adobe.com in case there was some weird argument happening between my live/syncing files and my archived files-- no change
Manually adding CoreSync.exe to my Windows Firewall whitelist-- no change
Finally, I can recreate this issue on my second computer, running the same version of Creative Cloud but running off wireless instead of Ethernet. Same symptoms-- feed it a file to sync, and everyone's Internet access is gone until the sync operation [eventually] finishes.
I'm completely stumped and very frustrated. I rely heavily on CC's file syncing feature, and as it's the only cloud storage product I'm actually paying for, I'm not willing to abandon it for another service like DropBox. I'm willing to try just about anything-- and in the meantime I'm just wishing Creative Cloud Desktop app updates weren't compulsory; the last build I'd installed here was working perfectly fine.
My basic system specs in case it's helpful:
Windows 7 Professional x64 SP1
2x Intel Xeon E5-2670 @ 2.6GHz
64GB DDR3 RAM
nVidia Quadro 4000
Any insights would be incredibly appreciated! Thanks in advance.

Heyo Dave,
Thanks so much for your reply and suggestions. Here's what I've discovered after some more noodling.
I'm no networking guy, but I can't seem to find anything about my modem or router that would explain why my upstream traffic is being throttled using CC-- especially since it's all the same hardware I was using last week before I updated CC.
In addition, I've tried test uploading a couple of files using DropBox, Google Drive, and WeTransfer.com, and neither process interrupts Internet use on my network.
With all that said, I did go in and pull back my Transfer Speed settings in CC from Maximum to Low, and that made a big difference! Syncing continued to work, and our other network requests were working just fine. I managed to get my upload speed set as high as Medium; High and Maximum both kill my network within seconds of being set.
So I'm not sure what was done to the CC application in this release to supposedly enable us to "Sync Files and Fonts faster" (from the release notes), but whatever it is, it's got my uploads capping at 100Kbps (compared to a minimum 350Kbps using Google Drive) unless no one in my home wants to check their email for the next hour. That's a significant bummer for me, as my After Effects projects regularly swell to ~50MB toward the end of a project.
I'd like to submit a big report here, since really the only variable at play in this situation was the Creative Cloud update. However, unfortunately it looks like the bug report form is down... I'll have to try again later.
In the meantime, if there are any other suggestions for experiments I can run on this beast, I'm happy to oblige and report back in case other folks with similar issues can get some relief!
Thanks again,
Jared

My iPod cannot be synced because the required file could not be found. How do I fix this problem?

Peace. My name is Free. Thanks in advance for any help u can offer. My iPod cannot be synced because the required file could not be found. How do I fix this problem?

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I see that you may be having an issue with compatibility of iTunes when connecting your iOS device. This sort of issue can arise if you have two versions of iTunes installed on your computer, which I feel may be the case. Here is an article that can tell you how to identify the version of iTunes that you have open:
iTunes: How to find which version you are using - Apple Support
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201521
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Remove and reinstall iTunes and related software components for Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8 - Apple Support
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT1923
Take care, and thanks for visiting the Apple Support Communities.
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I got a task to migrate existing Active Directory domain to a new froest and a brand new domain.
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How do u think, is it realy possible to migrate such a domain to a new one with minimum downtime and user interruption?
As far as I know, during inter-forest migration, user and group objects are cloned rather than migrated, which means they can still access resources in the source forest, they can even access resources after the migration is completed. You can ask users
to switch domain as soon as the new domain is ready.
Therefore, there shouldn’t be a huge downtime/interruption.
More information for you:
ADMT Guide: Migrating and Restructuring Active Directory Domains
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc974332(v=ws.10).aspx
Best Regards,
Amy
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Cluster servers (file servers)

Hello,
We are looking to use Windows 2012 servers as a file server. We want high availability so we like the concept of the cluster. We like the ability to take one server down for maintenance and still be able to provide files to end users. I have
read scattered information around the net (links below). We also want to incorporate the deduplication feature offers from Windows 2012. Our storage will be from Amazon S3 (iSCSI volume using gateway-cache). Our Windows 2012 Servers will
be virtual machines.
http://clusteringformeremortals.com/2012/12/31/windows-server-2012-clustering-step-by-step/
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg232621%28v=ws.10%29.aspx
From the information provided, what should I be aware of before I take this journey of building and testing? Our client machines are mostly Windows 7.
Thanks ahead,
TT

That's a pretty straight forward task. See a bunch of links below on how to create a failover file servers. See:
Failover Cluster Step-by-Step Guide: Configuring a Two-Node File Server Failover Cluster
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc731844(v=ws.10).aspx
Create a Clustered File Server
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753969.aspx
HA File Server for SMB NAS
http://www.starwindsoftware.com/configuring-ha-file-server-for-smb-nas
(ignore StarWind replacing it with your S3 shared storage, Windows-related config part of the PDF is the same for all storages)
Using Windows 7 does not support SMB 3.0 so no Transparent Failover which is part of SMB 3.0 and up. I'd strongly suggest to upgrade to Windows 8 for your clients if you can. See:
Which SMB version?
http://blogs.technet.com/b/josebda/archive/2013/10/02/windows-server-2012-r2-which-version-of-the-smb-protocol-smb-1-0-smb-2-0-smb-2-1-smb-3-0-or-smb-3-02-you-are-using.aspx
Windows
7 and SMB3
http://windowsitpro.com/windows-7/smb-30-windows-7
Good luck!
StarWind VSAN [Virtual SAN] clusters Hyper-V without SAS, Fibre Channel, SMB 3.0 or iSCSI, uses Ethernet to mirror internally mounted SATA disks between hosts.

With Muti-clip gone from FCP X, is there a new way to sync two cameras with FCP X

With Muti-clip gone from FCP X, is there a new way to sync two cameras with FCP X

I film with two cameras then copy the files from each camera into their own folders. I then use ClipWrap to convert the MTS files into AIC. If the recording was one long contiguous session, many cameras will split the MTS files into 2GB chunks. ClipWrap will Convert Multiple to Span to reassemble them properly. With the AIC .MOV file from ClipWrap, I then use FCP X to Import the MOV files from camera 1 and camera 2. I prefer to do it that way versus using FCP X Import from Camera. I then move the clip from camera 1 onto the timeline in the "primary storyline" (FCP X terminology). I drag the camera 2 clip above the camera 1 clip and line up the audio from the two cameras while that audio is still attached to the video so everything stays in sync. FCP X has a way to automatically sync two soundtracks, but I have not gotten around to that yet. With camera 2's clip attached to camera 1's clip as a "connected clip" above the camera 1 video, I then do an edit to go between the cameras as seems best to me. When the connected clip of camera 2 video sits above the camera 1 video, it will take priority over the camera 1 video. I then split camera 1's video clip taking out sections when I want to go back to the camera 1 view. Of course I can trim camera 2's clips until I get it the way I want it. Since FCP X uses the magnetic timeline concept, and camera 2's clip is "connected" to the camera 1 clip, as you split and trim camera 2's clip, everything will stay in sync across the two camera "tracks". When there is no camera 2 video above the camera 1 video, camera 1 video will be seen. When camera 2 video is above camera 1 video, camera 2 video will be seen instead. With a single editing pass, I can then do all the editing I need to go back and forth between two cameras. The same concept is expandable to other camera "tracks" as long as you are using vertical position in the timeline to determine which camera is seen when. If you would like for it to look like a multi-camera track composit like before FCP X, you can simply select all your clips and make a compound clip out of it. You will then see the multiple camera clips side by side in a single "track". Double click on that "clip" in that "track" to go into the structure and editing individual "tracks" around if needed. Think of a compound track as what a sequence used to do. Anyway, there may be other, and easier ways to do this, but with a single edit through my recording, I can easily and visually cycle back and forth between camera views. It's just that things are called differently now ... and, as of this time, we do not have a single button camera switching function to let us view multiple cameras simultaneously and switch between them using a keystroke for each camera. Still, I have a way to do it, and it has worked very well for me, in fact I was pleasantly surprised at how easily I could do multi-camera in post. Hope this at least gives you one option. Others may have a better way. Best wishes.
stephen

Merging two history.dat files

I have two history.dat files and want to merge them into one. Is there any way to do this?
I tried to search solution and found utility that allows viewing and exporting data from Mork format: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/mozilla_history_view.html, but it cannot import into this format. Also there is Firefox Sync addon, but it does not support firefox 2. If there is a way to convert history from places.sqlite to history.dat, than it will do for me.
I have mozilla firefox 2.0.0.20 and Windows XP

You're dealing with an abandoned file format, which hasn't been used in Firefox in a few years. As far as Mork databases go, see this and read the criticisms. <br />
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mork_%28file_format%29
If that Nirsoft utility program doesn't have the capability of merging 2 Mork databases, you're probably SOL. That was the only tool that I ever found back in the days that Mozilla still used Mork files. I never used that utility program enough to recall any of what functions it has.
Besides that, why are you still using a Firefox 2.0.0.x version? <br />
Support ended a few years ago and it should be left to RIP.

Syncing two iphone

Can you sync two iphones to the same iTunes account? I have the 3g and I just purchased the 3gs today, or at least ordered it at ATT. Now my old iPhone (3g) has my wife’s sims care in it and is at this time is doing a full restore. The ATT guy says it takes about two hours. When that is complete will I be able to sync it to my computer with my existing iTunes account. When I get mine in about a week (I hope) and also sync it again with the computer how will iTunes differentiate between the two phones. Should I set the iTunes main page to not sync when the phone is connected.(I believe that is an option) I have never done that. I just want to keep her stuff and my stuff separated. But prefer not to do separate iTunes accounts so we can at least share some of the same music I have purchased on both phones. I hope I have made myself clear. Currently, my old 3g has not been synced to the computer. I am still waiting for the restore. I just want her to be able to control what goes on here phone. We both want separate stuff on our phones.. Thanks in advance for any help...

Each iPhone can have its own sync preferences with iTunes on the same computer even if both iPhones have the same name, but you want each iPhone to have a different name for the iPhone backup that is created and maintained by iTunes for each iPhone.
You can change the name of an iPhone when connected to iTunes and available in the iTunes source list just as you can change the name of an iTunes playlist, or change the name of an existing folder or file name on your computer.
Click once on the name of the iPhone in the iTunes source list and wait until the name area for the iPhone is highlighted - a second or two, which provides for changing the name. When finished, select elsewhere to stop the name area from being highlighted.

Syncing two mail accounts

Hello,
Was wondering if it was possible to sync two email accounts (in essence, the main one I'm using, and to sync that to a backup account), either using Apple Mail or some other mac application. When I'm talking about syncing two email accounts, I don't mean the same email account on two different machines... I mean to sync the folders/contents of [email protected] to [email protected]
Obviously, I could do this manually by copying everything from email1 to email2, but we're talking about 100 folders totally 10+ GBs. These accounts are hosted on OS X Mail Server.

It looks like you didn’t transfer ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist, which is where all the account settings are stored.
That said, synchronization of local mail data between computers by means of a file synchronization utility is a really bad idea if more than one computer is allowed to access mail between synchronizations.
Mail uses a global Envelope Index file to keep track of every message within the ~/Library/Mail/ folder. If this file is modified on both computers between synchronizations, there is no way a file synchronization utility can handle the situation properly.
Another more subtle and dangerous issue is that Mail may use different *.emlx sequence numbers to name the same message on different computers, or worse yet, the same sequence number to name different messages. The only thing a file synchronization utility can do about it is create duplicates of some messages while overwriting (i.e. losing) others.
Mail data “synchronization” at the filesystem level can only be done reliably if it’s a one-way operation, i.e. if the entire contents of the Mail folder on one computer are overwritten by the entire contents of the Mail folder on the other. You should think of the ~/Library/Mail folder as if it was a monolithic entity.

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