On Tue, Aug 10, 2004 at 01:28:10AM -0400, Cristian Gutierrez wrote: > Brian Nelson wrote: > > [...] > > >>> Furthermore, I ran into problems with offline synchronization. > >> > >> if you are using imap, there is zero syncrhonization problems, > >> as your email and folders are only on the imap server > > > > Hmm? I don't use OfflineIMAP for shits and giggles, ya know. [...] > > I think I've been where you are right now. I wanted Gnus flexibility but > because nnmbox was a royal PITA, and nnmaildir didn't make it a lot > better, I envied mutt's usual performance. > > So I decided to `outsource' maildir access to a dedicated > compiled-chunk-of-C-code daemon: I have courier serving IMAP to Gnus, > and offlineimap syncing the mail server with the *maildir folders*, not > the local server. > > Now Gnus (via nnimap) scans, enters and exits folders blazingly fast > (unlike nnmaildir), doesn't fill up my half-gigabyte memory (as nnmbox > did), and doesn't interfere with offlineimap; instead, courier > does. Well, does not :-) Being a maildir directory, those two coexist > nicely. [...]
Interesting. Add enough levels of indirection and you will eventually reach email nirvana. :) -- You win again, gravity! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
