From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/59240 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Matt Armstrong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Gnus slow? Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 23:57:34 -0800 Message-ID: <87u0riwc29.fsf@naz.lickey.com> References: <87r7n0zjx9.fsf@orebokech.com> <87u0rv8on2.fsf@orebokech.com> <873bzf6umt.fsf@orebokech.com> <87lld3gj5u.fsf@uwo.ca> <87hdnpil1c.fsf@uwo.ca> <877jolqyl7.fsf@orebokech.com> <87d5ycmeog.fsf@orebokech.com> <863bz52a9r.fsf@ketchup.de.uu.net> <861xeowjm0.fsf@ketchup.de.uu.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1101110410 24512 80.91.229.6 (22 Nov 2004 08:00:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 08:00:10 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M7780@lists.math.uh.edu Mon Nov 22 08:59:52 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.13] ident=mail) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CW972-0000Jp-00 for ; Mon, 22 Nov 2004 08:59:52 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu ident=lists) by malifon.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1CW95B-0008EI-00; Mon, 22 Nov 2004 01:57:57 -0600 Original-Received: from util2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.23]) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1CW953-0008EA-00 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 22 Nov 2004 01:57:49 -0600 Original-Received: from justine.libertine.org ([66.139.78.221] ident=postfix) by util2.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1CW950-0007CH-7K for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 22 Nov 2004 01:57:46 -0600 Original-Received: from sccrmhc11.comcast.net (sccrmhc11.comcast.net [204.127.202.55]) by justine.libertine.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09A943A0038 for ; Mon, 22 Nov 2004 01:57:41 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from naz.lickey.com (c-24-16-18-20.client.comcast.net[24.16.18.20]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc11) with ESMTP id <2004112207573401100omcaee>; Mon, 22 Nov 2004 07:57:39 +0000 Original-Received: by naz.lickey.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id B0C9718747; Sun, 21 Nov 2004 23:57:34 -0800 (PST) Original-To: Katsumi Yamaoka User-Agent: Gnus/5.110002 (No Gnus v0.2) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) Precedence: bulk Original-Sender: ding-owner@lists.math.uh.edu Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:59240 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:59240 Katsumi Yamaoka writes: >>>>>> In <861xeowjm0.fsf@ketchup.de.uu.net> Kai Grossjohann wrote: [...] >> In the long run, I envision that the .newsrc* files whither away, >> to be replaced with server-specific or group-specific files. > > I understand how the nntp marks feature is useful and why it is > activated for all users by default. However, in fact, it obviously > slows down Gnus. [...] I don't think we should be debating about whether nntp-marks-is-evil should be t or nil by default. Ideally, we'd just find a way to make this fast: (setq nntp-marks-is-evil nil) Disclaimer: I'm just a long time Gnus user who can't actually *contribute* to this because I seem to have some block when it comes to writing code in emacs+elisp. :-) -- matt