From: Bastien <bzg@gnu.org>
To: Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: From Gnus to mu4e
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2015 19:11:57 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <871teo4pwi.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150827125816.GA30233@chitra.no-ip.org> (Suvayu Ali's message of "Thu, 27 Aug 2015 14:58:16 +0200")
Hi Suvayu,
Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com> writes:
>> + you said you're running Dovecot. Gnus could also directly access the
>> local maildir without a local imap server the way mu4e does, couldn't
>> it ? What's the benefit of running it ?
>
> Probably Bastien has more up to date comments, but last time I looked, I
> found Gnus's support for maildir rather poor. There were a few issues,
> it didn't respect the usual maildir flags and stored its own flags
> withing the maildir. So along with incorrect flag, the mail store took
> about ~70% more disk space. It was also a bit slow, despite everything
> being local. My impression is based on the status from about 2-3 years
> back, so things might have improved a lot by now.
I find it reasonably OK right now, but this is very subjective of course.
--
Bastien
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-08-27 17:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-08-20 21:23 From Gnus to mu4e Julien Cubizolles
2015-08-21 10:28 ` Julien Cubizolles
2015-08-21 10:49 ` Colin Yates
2015-08-21 13:06 ` Suvayu Ali
2015-08-26 6:53 ` Julien Cubizolles
2015-08-25 5:49 ` Bastien
2015-08-25 6:28 ` Ian Zimmerman
2015-08-25 6:56 ` Bastien Guerry
2015-08-26 7:22 ` Julien Cubizolles
2015-08-27 12:50 ` Rainer M Krug
2015-08-27 17:15 ` Bastien
2015-08-28 8:39 ` Rainer M Krug
2015-08-28 8:44 ` Bastien
2015-08-28 8:51 ` Rainer M Krug
2015-08-28 8:58 ` Rasmus
2015-08-28 9:15 ` Julien Cubizolles
2015-08-28 10:03 ` Rainer M Krug
2015-08-28 10:08 ` Rasmus
2015-08-28 10:41 ` Rainer M Krug
2015-08-28 10:04 ` Rasmus
2015-08-28 8:51 ` Bastien
2015-08-27 21:27 ` Julien Cubizolles
2015-08-27 23:34 ` Suvayu Ali
2015-08-27 23:50 ` Ian Zimmerman
2015-08-28 0:14 ` Suvayu Ali
2015-08-28 0:24 ` Ian Zimmerman
2015-08-28 8:25 ` Rainer M Krug
2015-08-28 9:06 ` Suvayu Ali
2015-08-28 15:31 ` Ian Zimmerman
2015-08-31 0:16 ` Suvayu Ali
2015-08-28 8:21 ` Rainer M Krug
2015-08-27 12:58 ` Suvayu Ali
2015-08-27 15:52 ` Glenn Morris
2015-08-27 17:32 ` Suvayu Ali
2015-08-27 17:11 ` Bastien [this message]
2015-08-27 17:08 ` Bastien
2015-08-27 17:30 ` Suvayu Ali
2015-08-27 21:52 ` Julien Cubizolles
2015-08-27 22:18 ` Bastien
2015-08-27 23:30 ` Julien Cubizolles
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2015-08-24 11:19 ` Joost Kremers
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