Re: Running "The Same" GNUS from multiple machines.

[Simon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org>]

asr@ufl.edu (Allen S. Rout) writes:

> Howdy, all.
>
> I've been tiptoeing from mh-rmail into GNUS for some time now, and
> while I've been settling in nicely there's one major obstacle I
> haven't figured out how to conquer.  I was hoping for hints or a
> philosophical correction, showing me why I Really Don't Want That
> anyway. :) 
>
> One of the things my GNUS transition is accomplishing is it's taking
> me from local mh to IMAP client.  Given that I no longer -have- to be
> local, I'd like to be able to read all my messaging traffic from any
> workstation I use.  X client is nice, but I'd just as soon not have my
> mail state dependant on any single workstation.
>
> This means I need to sync my gnus state "somehow".  How do you-all do
> this, or am I wrong in thinking that's what I need?

Depends on which gnus state:s you refer to.  IMAP keeps most states on
the messages on the server for you.  You may want to synchronize
~/.emacs or ~/.gnus to have the same settings on the two machines.
Syncing other states (~/.newsrc.eld, say group parameters or topic
structure) may be more tricky, but it isn't clear to me that you need
that...

/Simon