From: Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Gnus and offline Email
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2016 09:20:12 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87twb8u0c3.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: m2shqt821b.fsf@fgunbin.local
Filipp Gunbin <fgunbin@fastmail.fm> writes:
> On 14/11/2016 11:07 -0800, Eric Abrahamsen wrote:
>
>> Filipp Gunbin <fgunbin@fastmail.fm> writes:
>>>
>>> A less popular, but working way is to download mail via IMAP as you
>>> would do via POP. Like that:
>>>
>>> [...]
>>
>> Interesting. So, for my own information, this basically creates a
>> one-way sync with your mail server? What happens if, say, you delete a
>> message locally, then sync again? Will it replace the message, or is it
>> a "blind" one-way sync?
>
> It just downloads mail from the server, deleting it there, and puts it
> locally according to your select methods settings.
>
> That's not how IMAP is usually used, although I find it useful, because
> I try to keep by inbox (local & remote) clean.
Interesting -- thanks for that.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-11-15 17:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-11-12 15:11 Gnus and offline Email Tim Zander
2016-11-12 19:37 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2016-11-14 20:42 ` Tim Zander
2016-11-14 21:29 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2016-11-14 12:28 ` Filipp Gunbin
2016-11-14 19:07 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2016-11-15 10:34 ` Filipp Gunbin
2016-11-15 17:20 ` Eric Abrahamsen [this message]
2016-11-15 17:44 ` Jeffrey DeLeo
2016-11-17 13:47 ` Filipp Gunbin
2016-11-17 16:57 ` Jeffrey DeLeo
2016-11-21 10:34 ` Eric S Fraga
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