From: Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>
To: ding@gnus.org
Subject: Re: Switching between nnimap and nnmaildir?
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2011 11:34:13 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87pqmh667u.fsf@lifelogs.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <878vt9czbg.fsf@yun.yagibdah.de>
On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 20:32:19 +0200 lee <lee@yun.yagibdah.de> wrote:
l> gnus is accessing my emails via IMAP (courier-imapd), with the emails
l> stored in maildir format. What would happen if I was to switch back and
l> forth between nnimap and nnmaildir select methods, accessing the same
l> maildir folders either way?
l> Will it have any bad effects when accessing the same emails with other
l> IMAP clients, or with other MUAs (like mutt) that access the maildir
l> folders directly?
It should be OK, except custom Gnus flags may not be preserved. No mail
will be lost unless you delete messages or set up expiry.
Try it, making a backup of the Maildir first to be sure.
Ted
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