From: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Why isn't Gnus reading my mail?
Date: 24 Nov 2003 22:48:53 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <x5znel4euy.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1069698869.18997.50.camel@hades.syr-24-59-76-83.twcny.rr.com>
Dan Anderson <dan@mathjunkies.com> writes:
> On Mon, 2003-11-24 at 10:40, David Kastrup wrote:
> > Dan Anderson <dan@mathjunkies.com> writes:
> >
> > > Jesper Harder <harder@myrealbox.com> writes:
> > >
> > > > Try nnml instead of nnmaildir.
> > >
> > > That isn't an option for me. I keep several hundred megs of
> > > e-mail and if Gnus tried slurping the entire file into memory my box
> > > would have no ram left for programs.
> >
> > Seems like you are confused about what nnml actually _is_.
>
> What am I missing?
The Gnus manual?
C-h i d m gnus RET i nnml RET
nnml does not read every mail into memory. It keeps each mail in a
separate file and maintains a fast data base for accessing those.
--
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-11-24 21:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-11-23 21:09 Why isn't Gnus reading my mail? Dan Anderson
2003-11-24 7:20 ` Jesper Harder
2003-11-24 8:56 ` Artur Hefczyc
2003-11-24 15:23 ` Dan Anderson
2003-11-25 20:00 ` Artur Hefczyc
2003-11-25 20:21 ` Dan Anderson
2003-11-25 20:30 ` Henrik Enberg
2003-11-26 9:27 ` Artur Hefczyc
2003-11-24 15:24 ` Dan Anderson
2003-11-24 15:40 ` David Kastrup
2003-11-24 18:34 ` Dan Anderson
2003-11-24 21:48 ` David Kastrup [this message]
[not found] ` <mailman.535.1069714269.399.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2003-11-25 2:55 ` Dan Anderson
2003-11-25 3:48 ` David Kastrup
[not found] ` <mailman.524.1069702617.399.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2003-11-24 22:26 ` Reiner Steib
2003-12-17 20:19 ` Kai Grossjohann
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