From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 1805 invoked from network); 4 May 2022 12:32:07 -0000 Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu (129.7.128.32) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 4 May 2022 12:32:07 -0000 Received: from lists1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.208]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1nmEAo-002Vix-Jm for ml@inbox.vuxu.org; Wed, 04 May 2022 07:32:06 -0500 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by lists1.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1nmEAn-008DiY-W3 for ml@inbox.vuxu.org; Wed, 04 May 2022 07:32:06 -0500 Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.32]) by lists1.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1nmEAn-008DiS-1k for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Wed, 04 May 2022 07:32:05 -0500 Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1nmEAk-002Vig-Pc for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Wed, 04 May 2022 07:32:04 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Cc:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=68HvydMG1VbAvpdi7gL/b8JpOIRvBWRpaS8YXwk8IE4=; b=KXmk7MhTJusegKj++I3VDECOLG QLEhYH55TtPNI+DK6MNzFMunAxElLhwo+vj7j0nDQnSor113ScJT90jS9ffVDCFHjJQRp5pnkaXKP NwvFdAVpqbHxs8pbLTnooMIfi6daxn26A0tbnmzadPt/YVYyxrT7/0MQOWWnwrW8QdpU=; Received: from ks39550.kimsufi.com ([91.121.23.116] helo=code.pm) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1nmEAe-0003Pz-44 for ding@gnus.org; Wed, 04 May 2022 14:31:58 +0200 Received: from localhost (94-225-237-133.access.telenet.be [94.225.237.133]) by code.pm (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 70CA1BF6DE; Wed, 4 May 2022 14:31:57 +0200 (CEST) From: Erik Colson To: ding@gnus.org Subject: Re: maildir and gnus References: <87tub3da40.fsf@ecocode.net> <87h773lnui.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 04 May 2022 14:31:54 +0200 In-Reply-To: <87h773lnui.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> (Eric S. Fraga's message of "Fri, 08 Apr 2022 14:13:41 +0100") Message-ID: <87v8ul32dh.fsf@ecocode.net> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain List-ID: Precedence: bulk Eric S Fraga writes: > On Friday, 8 Apr 2022 at 14:34, Erik Colson wrote: >> Some years ago I used Gnus extensively but eventually moved to mu4e for >> speed reasons. >> Today I'm reconsidering Gnus. What is the recommended setup for mbsync >> with local maildir usage? Is speed still an issue? > > Hi Erik, > > speed can be an issue with nnmaildir. It depends on what mbsync does to > file update times in the various maildir directories. I switched to > nnml for my local email storage as it's a lot more efficient. For > nnmaildir, my groups had to be rescanned every time and this operation > takes O(n^4) time, where n is the number of emails in the group. The > rescanning was necessary, in my case, because I was using unison to keep > 3-4 systems in sync which meant that gnus had to regenerate the index > tables it uses for each group. > > But if mbsync is smart, you may not encounter this issue. Try it and > see? So I finally installed the thing: mbsync / dovecot / nnimap Still some issues but not speed actually. best -- erik colson