From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/83157 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eric S Fraga Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: isync plus dovecot? Date: Thu, 16 May 2013 17:02:17 +0100 Message-ID: <87vc6i9aly.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> References: <874ne3xwpu.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1368725094 12140 80.91.229.3 (16 May 2013 17:24:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 16 May 2013 17:24:54 +0000 (UTC) To: Original-X-From: ding-owner+M31423@lists.math.uh.edu Thu May 16 19:24:52 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ud1v8-00013j-9k for ding-account@gmane.org; Thu, 16 May 2013 19:24:50 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by util0.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Ud1tq-0008LL-LE; Thu, 16 May 2013 12:23:30 -0500 Original-Received: from mx2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.33]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Ud1tp-0008LE-Lc for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Thu, 16 May 2013 12:23:29 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx2.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1Ud1ta-00009K-L2 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Thu, 16 May 2013 12:23:28 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-db8lp0187.outbound.messaging.microsoft.com ([213.199.154.187] helo=db8outboundpool.messaging.microsoft.com) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Ud1tX-0007LG-7G for ding@gnus.org; Thu, 16 May 2013 19:23:11 +0200 Original-Received: from mail111-db8-R.bigfish.com (10.174.8.241) by DB8EHSOBE022.bigfish.com (10.174.4.85) with Microsoft SMTP Server id 14.1.225.23; Thu, 16 May 2013 17:23:05 +0000 Original-Received: from mail111-db8 (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail111-db8-R.bigfish.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B5962026B for ; Thu, 16 May 2013 17:23:05 +0000 (UTC) X-Forefront-Antispam-Report: CIP:157.56.250.117;KIP:(null);UIP:(null);IPV:NLI;H:AMXPRD0111HT004.eurprd01.prod.exchangelabs.com;RD:none;EFVD:NLI X-SpamScore: 0 X-BigFish: PS0(zzbb2dIzz1f42h1ee6h1de0h1d18h1fdah1202h1e76h1d1ah1d2ah1fc6hzz8275chz2dh2a8h668h839h8e2h8e3hd24he5bhf0ah1288h12a5h12a9h12bdh12e5h137ah13b6h1441h1504h1537h153bh162dh1631h16a6h1758h18e1h1946h19b5h19ceh1ad9h1b0ah1d0ch1d2eh1d3ah1d3fhbe9i1155h) Original-Received: from mail111-db8 (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail111-db8 (MessageSwitch) id 1368724983661174_4611; Thu, 16 May 2013 17:23:03 +0000 (UTC) Original-Received: from DB8EHSMHS011.bigfish.com (unknown [10.174.8.231]) by mail111-db8.bigfish.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F698220045 for ; Thu, 16 May 2013 17:23:03 +0000 (UTC) Original-Received: from AMXPRD0111HT004.eurprd01.prod.exchangelabs.com (157.56.250.117) by DB8EHSMHS011.bigfish.com (10.174.4.21) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.1.225.23; Thu, 16 May 2013 17:23:02 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost (2.29.21.79) by pod51002.outlook.com (10.242.12.165) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.16.311.1; Thu, 16 May 2013 17:23:01 +0000 In-Reply-To: <874ne3xwpu.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> (Eric Abrahamsen's message of "Thu, 16 May 2013 14:30:53 +0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.130008 (Ma Gnus v0.8) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) Mail-Followup-To: ding@gnus.org X-Originating-IP: [2.29.21.79] X-UCLLIVE-SCLRULE: HASRUN X-OriginatorOrg: ucl.ac.uk X-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:83157 Archived-At: Eric Abrahamsen writes: > I'm finally trying to ditch nnml for mail reading, and move to imap. > Offlineimap plus dovecot seems to be a popular solution (I am offline a > lot), but I also saw a lot of complaints about offlineimap, and the > suggestion of isync/mbsync as a replacement. I used to use offlineimap but gave up. It just wasn't robust enough for me. I now use the gnus agent, and have been doing so for a couple of years at least. It also has some issues of robustness but not as many as I found with offlineimap (YMMV). I also spend considerable amount of time offline every day and in fact process the majority of my emails offline (like right now). A lot will depend on what IMAP server you are using. I, for my sins, have to use an Outlook Exchange server which is very annoyingly not standard compliant. Google's gmail is also not quite with the standards but seems to cause me less problems. My various email folders (aka groups) have up to 5000 emails typically, although largest is about 15000, so not quite your levels but also not out of line completely. Total email content is about 3GB. However, my actual "inbox" is always empty as I split all my incoming emails to specific folders on retrieval. HTH, eric -- : Eric S Fraga, GnuPG: 0xC89193D8FFFCF67D : in Emacs 24.3.50.1 + Ma Gnus v0.8 + evil 1.0-dev : BBDB version 3.02 ($Date: 2013/04/13 13:39:40 $)