- <varlistentry><term>Can I use &OfflineIMAP; on Windows?</term>
- <listitem><para>
- These answers have been reported by &OfflineIMAP;
- users. I do not run &OfflineIMAP; on Windows myself, so
- I can't directly address their accuracy.
- </para>
- <para>
- The basic answer is that it's possible and doesn't
- require hacking &OfflineIMAP; source code. However,
- it's not necessarily trivial. The information below is
- based in instructions submitted by Chris Walker.
- </para>
- <para>
- First, you must run &OfflineIMAP; in the <ulink
- url="http://www.cygwin.com/">Cygwin</ulink>
- environment.
- </para>
- <para>
- Next, you'll need to mount your Maildir directory in a
- special way. There is information for doing that at
- <ulink url="http://barnson.org/node/view/295"></ulink>.
- That site gives this example:
- </para>
- <programlisting>
-mount -f -s -b -o managed "d:/tmp/mail" "/home/of/mail"
- </programlisting>
- <para>
- That URL also has more details on making OfflineIMAP
- work with Windows.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>