newbie question on a dovecot buffer

[Richard Bown]

Many thanks for all the replies on this.
It has given a lot to consider, now for some intense reading .

On 06/11/2019 04:47, Plutocrat via dovecot wrote:
> On 06/11/2019 01.41, Richard Bown via dovecot wrote:
>   > Can I use Dovecot as a buffer between my mail providers Dovecot servers
>> and the several IMAP mail clients on my own network ?
>> ie,  so Dovecot would mirror the mail on my account with my mail provider, So my local dovecot server downloads mail and caches/stores on the local SBC and all the local users use IMAP from that, instead of from my mail provider.
> 
> I'm by no means an expert, but I've seen this mentioned before, and it seems that you may be asking about this:
> 
> https://wiki.dovecot.org/Replication
> 
> P.
> 

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