From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/11175 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: wmperry@aventail.com (William M. Perry) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: nnagent Date: 29 May 1997 06:52:16 -0700 Message-ID: <864tbm4c8f.fsf@kramer.in.aventail.com> References: Reply-To: wmperry@aventail.com NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035150929 28755 80.91.224.250 (20 Oct 2002 21:55:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 21:55:29 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "(ding)" Return-Path: Original-Received: from sandy.calag.com (root@sandy [206.190.83.128]) by altair.xemacs.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id IAA32641 for ; Thu, 29 May 1997 08:21:56 -0700 Original-Received: from xemacs.org (xemacs.cs.uiuc.edu [128.174.252.16]) by sandy.calag.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id IAA03122 for ; Thu, 29 May 1997 08:21:50 -0700 Original-Received: from ifi.uio.no (0@ifi.uio.no [129.240.64.2]) by xemacs.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id KAA11280 for ; Thu, 29 May 1997 10:21:11 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: from claymore.vcinet.com (claymore.vcinet.com [208.205.12.23]) by ifi.uio.no with SMTP (8.6.11/ifi2.4) id for ; Thu, 29 May 1997 15:52:20 +0200 Original-Received: (qmail 5302 invoked by uid 504); 29 May 1997 13:52:18 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 5299 invoked from network); 29 May 1997 13:52:18 -0000 Original-Received: from newman.aventail.com (root@199.238.236.1) by claymore.vcinet.com with SMTP; 29 May 1997 13:52:18 -0000 Original-Received: from kramer.in.aventail.com.aventail.com (wmperry@kramer.in.aventail.com [192.168.1.12]) by newman.aventail.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id GAA05768; Thu, 29 May 1997 06:52:16 -0700 (PDT) Original-To: Stainless Steel Rat Errors-to: wmperry@aventail.com X-Face: O~Rn;(l][/-o1sALg4A@xpE:9-"'IR[%;,,!m7 writes: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > >>>>> "Lars" == Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen writes: > > Lars> Uhm -- from the pop server, into the agent, and from there into nnml? > Lars> Wouldn't that be a waste of perfectly good bauds? > > It seems to be a waste to me. The only rational way to use a POP server > is to download everything from it to a local storage area, and every POP > mail client that I know of -- including Forte's Agent -- operates on that > premise. The way that agent becomes a win is to queue up outgoing mail > locally (which smtpmail and feedmail already accomplish) assuming that it > will be made to do this. SPRY Mail has an option to only use what they call a 'remote inbox'. They just download the header info from the messages and show the threaded display of messages, then retrieve them one at a time as you try to read them. Sort of a poor-man's imap. It would be kind of nice to have a studly pop3 package that would allow you to build this functionality into a backend. but I'd rather see just straight IMAP support. :) I solve the whole work/home laptop problem by just NFS mounting my home directory from my laptop and symlinking my .gnus.el and .newsrc.eld files over as well. My .emacs has a few differences between work and home, and lets my .gnus.el know what course of action to take. Sort of like the 'profiles' in SPRY Mail. I have it check different mail accounts, news servers, and use different outgoing delivery methods (smtp vs. sendmail) depending on whether I am at work, on the bus, or at home. Works pretty well. -Bill P.