From d97e6ca072b3577d21f6136dbded5fd991fd4317 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Guilhem Moulin Date: Tue, 12 May 2020 16:42:25 +0200 Subject: index: Add a short summary to the index. Per Stefan Kangas' suggestion. --- doc/index.md | 16 +++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/index.md b/doc/index.md index d475592..4dd72f1 100644 --- a/doc/index.md +++ b/doc/index.md @@ -1,18 +1,32 @@ % InterIMAP & PullIMAP % [Guilhem Moulin](mailto:guilhem@fripost.org) +InterIMAP synchronizes emails and their metadata between a remote IMAP +server and local storage. By leveraging the [*Quick Mailbox +Resynchronization*][RFC 7162] IMAP extension, it can offer [*much better +performance*](benchmark.html) than tools such as [OfflineIMAP]. + +PullIMAP retrieves messages from an IMAP mailbox and deliver them +locally. It can use the the [*IDLE*][RFC 2177] IMAP extension to reduce +both latency and network traffic. + +[RFC 2177]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2177 +[RFC 7162]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7162 +[OfflineIMAP]: https://www.offlineimap.org/ + General documentation --------------------- * [Getting started with InterIMAP](getting-started.html) * [Multi-remote setup for InterIMAP](multi-account.html) * [InterIMAP benchmark metrics and comparison](benchmark.html) + * [Presentation at DebConf19](https://debconf19.debconf.org/talks/78-interimap-the-case-for-local-imap-servers-and-fast-bidirectional-synchronization/) Manuals (HTML versions) ----------------------- * [`interimap`(1)](interimap.1.html) — Fast bidirectional - synchronization for QRESYNC-capable IMAP servers + synchronization for IMAP servers * [`pullimap`(1)](pullimap.1.html) — Pull mails from an IMAP mailbox and deliver them to an SMTP session -- cgit v1.2.3