From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Why isn't Gnus reading my mail? Date: 24 Nov 2003 22:48:53 +0100 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <1069698869.18997.50.camel@hades.syr-24-59-76-83.twcny.rr.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1069710697 22041 80.91.224.253 (24 Nov 2003 21:51:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 21:51:37 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 24 22:51:28 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AOOcC-00023h-00 for ; Mon, 24 Nov 2003 22:51:28 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AOPYz-0002vT-Nf for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 24 Nov 2003 17:52:13 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AOPXt-0002do-6Z for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Nov 2003 17:51:05 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AOPXG-0002O0-JG for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Nov 2003 17:50:57 -0500 Original-Received: from [62.226.12.182] (helo=localhost.localdomain) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.24) id 1AOPXE-0002N0-E7 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Nov 2003 17:50:24 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id hAOLmsRE003087 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 24 Nov 2003 22:48:54 +0100 Original-Received: (from dak@localhost) by localhost.localdomain (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id hAOLmrnT003083; Mon, 24 Nov 2003 22:48:53 +0100 Original-To: Dan Anderson In-Reply-To: <1069698869.18997.50.camel@hades.syr-24-59-76-83.twcny.rr.com> Original-Lines: 26 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:14547 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:14547 Dan Anderson writes: > On Mon, 2003-11-24 at 10:40, David Kastrup wrote: > > Dan Anderson writes: > > > > > Jesper Harder 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