From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ian Zimmerman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: gnus with maildir Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 07:25:48 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <87y82tq8hw.fsf@gmail.com> References: <20051207192630.28162.qmail@mail01.vipmail.hu> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1134228787 29052 80.91.229.2 (10 Dec 2005 15:33:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 15:33:07 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 10 16:33:04 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1El6hW-0005Sv-Aq for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 10 Dec 2005 16:31:54 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1El6hu-0006T9-48 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 10 Dec 2005 10:32:18 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1El6cA-0005XO-IG for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Dec 2005 10:26:22 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1El6c6-0005X0-IF for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Dec 2005 10:26:20 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1El6c3-0005Ws-75 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Dec 2005 10:26:15 -0500 Original-Received: from [64.233.162.199] (helo=zproxy.gmail.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1El6dR-0003dM-Bl for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Dec 2005 10:27:41 -0500 Original-Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id v1so1164801nzb for ; Sat, 10 Dec 2005 07:25:49 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:to:cc:subject:references:from:in-reply-to:message-id:lines:user-agent:mime-version:content-type:date; b=lGdNECZG9FI0fEXcweC6JBMh4QY5EXCep4/wR9d4Z/srRLXSpbbjf57Iw+bc48ZkSe//DqsJHFdzNqiIyo7euYG6q1iFdmfZDGvDW5q45J2N5wTBBv3oFUMM+dTP3s+vESGImVPZJbcvUOj4m7oYK2gnGjI8dUNNUP2tdfJr5Yg= Original-Received: by 10.65.196.14 with SMTP id y14mr40604qbp; Sat, 10 Dec 2005 07:25:48 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from unicorn ( [69.194.228.44]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id f16sm2630129qba.2005.12.10.07.25.48; Sat, 10 Dec 2005 07:25:48 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from itz by unicorn with local (Exim 4.54) id 1El6bb-0002Ig-93; Sat, 10 Dec 2005 10:25:47 -0500 Original-To: "Emabela" In-Reply-To: <20051207192630.28162.qmail@mail01.vipmail.hu> Original-Lines: 12 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.4 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:31851 Archived-At: Emabela> Is it possible to use gnus on a maildir and Emabela> another email client on the same maildir simultaneously? Emabela> How does it work with huge maildirs? You can set up a local imap server (that understands maildirs, such as courier) and then use the nnimap backend in Gnus. I have done that and it works reasonably well, but I am not married to djb so I saw no advantage to maildirs compared to mbox spool files and nnml in Gnus. -- A true pessimist won't be discouraged by a little success.