Document reasoning for having maxsyncaccounts

[xaverdh]

What is the reasoning for having maxsyncaccounts and why is it encouraged to not use this? for security reasons?

[thekix]

Hi @xaverdh

It is related to the number of threads used. See this code in offlineimap/threadutil.py, line 183:

def initInstanceLimit(limitNamespace, instancemax):
    """Initialize the instance-limited thread implementation.

    Run up to intancemax threads for the given limitNamespace. This allows to
    honor maxsyncaccounts and maxconnections."""

    global limitedNamespaces

    if limitNamespace not in limitedNamespaces:
        limitedNamespaces[limitNamespace] = BoundedSemaphore(instancemax)

The value of `instancemax` is the value of `maxsyncaccounts`, see `init.py`, line 362:

        threadutil.initInstanceLimit(
            ACCOUNT_LIMITED_THREAD_NAME,
            config.getdefaultint('general', 'maxsyncaccounts', 1)
        )

I hope this helps. If the answer is ok for you, please, close the issue. If you need more info, do not hesitate to ask.

Best regards, kix.