OfflineIMAP: Infinite Folder Creation Detected

Question

Hello Arch Forums!
I'm configuring OfflineIMAP 6.5.6-1 with Gmail.
I've added the gmail portion from the OfflineIMAP wiki page to my .offlineimaprc, and added in my own info.
The wiki page says I also have to add the nametrans rule to my local repository:
you may need a nametrans rule for your local repository too that reverses the effects of this nametrans rule
To do so I just copied the one from my remote repository to my local repository, no changes:
[general]
accounts = [email protected]
maxsyncaccounts = 1
[Account [email protected]]
localrepository = [email protected]
remoterepository = [email protected]
status_backend = sqlite
autorefresh = 5
quick = 10
[Repository [email protected]]
type = Maildir
localfolders = ~/mail/[email protected]
nametrans = lambda foldername: re.sub ('^\[gmail\]', 'bak',
re.sub ('sent_mail', 'sent',
re.sub ('starred', 'flagged',
re.sub (' ', '_', foldername.lower()))))
[Repository [email protected]]
type = Gmail
remoteuser = [email protected]
remotepass = qwerty
nametrans = lambda foldername: re.sub ('^\[gmail\]', 'bak',
re.sub ('sent_mail', 'sent',
re.sub ('starred', 'flagged',
re.sub (' ', '_', foldername.lower()))))
folderfilter = lambda foldername: foldername not in '[Gmail]/All Mail'
sslcacertfile = /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
keepalive = 60
holdconnectionopen = yes
[mbnames]
enabled = yes
filename = ~/.mutt/mailboxes
header = "mailboxes "
peritem = "+%(accountname)s/%(foldername)s"
sep = " "
footer = "\n"
However, the wiki page says I need one that counteracts the other nametrans rule, and I don't know if this does it.
Now when I start OfflineIMAP I get:
OfflineIMAP 6.5.5
Licensed under the GNU GPL v2+ (v2 or any later version)
Account sync [email protected]:
*** Processing account [email protected]
Establishing connection to imap.gmail.com:993
ERROR: INFINITE FOLDER CREATION DETECTED! Folder '[Gmail].All Mail' (repository '[email protected]') would be created as folder 'bak/all_mail' (repository '[email protected]'). The latter becomes 'bak.all_mail' in return, leading to infinite folder creation cycles.
SOLUTION: 1) Do set your nametrans rules on both repositories so they lead to identical names if applied back and forth. 2) Use folderfilter settings on a repository to prevent some folders from being created on the other side.
*** Finished account '[email protected]' in 0:07
Next refresh in 5.0 minutes
Is there anything esle I should do to the local nametrans rule?

Answer 1

I changed my local repository:
nametrans = lambda foldername: re.sub ('bak', '^\[gmail\]',
re.sub ('sent', 'sent_mail',
re.sub ('flagged', 'starred',
re.sub ('_', ' ', foldername.lower()))))
Still, getting the same error
I also tried using your nametrans rules, which led me to:
OfflineIMAP 6.5.5
Licensed under the GNU GPL v2+ (v2 or any later version)
Account sync [email protected]:
*** Processing account [email protected]
Establishing connection to imap.gmail.com:993
ERROR: INFINITE FOLDER CREATION DETECTED! Folder 'bak.spam' (repository '[email protected]') would be created as folder 'bak/[Gmail]/Spam' (repository '[email protected]'). The latter becomes 'spam' in return, leading to infinite folder creation cycles.
SOLUTION: 1) Do set your nametrans rules on both repositories so they lead to identical names if applied back and forth. 2) Use folderfilter settings on a repository to prevent some folders from being created on the other side.
*** Finished account '[email protected]' in 0:04
Next refresh in 5.0 minutes
Last edited by SwitchDhole (2015-04-04 18:18:38)