ds: share long_step between NNTP and IMAP

[public-inbox.git] / Documentation / lei-overview.pod

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@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ lei - an overview of lei
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
-L<lei(1)> is a local email interface for public-inbox.  This document
-provides some basic examples.
+L<lei(1)> is a local email interface for public-inbox and personal mail.
+This document provides some basic examples.
 
 =head1 LEI STORE
 
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ For existing local paths, the external needs to be indexed with
 L<public-inbox-index(1)> (in the case of a regular inbox) or
 L<public-inbox-extindex(1)> (in the case of an external index).
 
+=head1 SYNCHRONIZATION
+
+lei currently has primitive mail synchronization abilities;
+see L<lei-mail-sync-overview(7)> for more details.
+
 =head2 EXAMPLES
 
 =over
@@ -137,6 +142,11 @@ Since lei runs as a daemon, L<lei-daemon-kill(1)> is required to kill
 the daemon so it can load new code.  It will be restarted with the
 next invocation of any lei command.
 
+=head1 CAVEATS
+
+IMAP and NNTP client performance is poor on high-latency connections.
+It will hopefully be fixed in 2022.
+
 =head1 CONTACT
 
 Feedback welcome via plain-text mail to L<mailto:meta@public-inbox.org>
@@ -149,3 +159,7 @@ L<http://4uok3hntl7oi7b4uf4rtfwefqeexfzil2w6kgk2jn5z2f764irre7byd.onion/meta/>
 Copyright all contributors L<mailto:meta@public-inbox.org>
 
 License: AGPL-3.0+ L<https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.txt>
+
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+L<lei-mail-sync-overview(7)>