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On 14 Feb 2001, ShengHuo ZHU wrote:

> > Well, nnimap does this, so it must be possible.  However, I don't know
> > if it is possible to do this in a general fashion.  Of course, it
> > would be nice to have a nnovcache.el which can be used by any
> > backend.  Hm.
>
> I am thinking of using nnagent.el.  The thought is to make
> gnus-agent-covered-methods more flexible (or introduce a new variable)
> so that gnus-agent can be customized to cover only retrieving headers
> for some servers.  Moreover, users could be benefited from gnus-agent
> without switching between plugged and unplugged, i.e. a more
> transparent agent implementation.  However, it is just a thought. I
> can't implement it in a short time.

I think this would be nice.  IMO caching and agenting should work
together, so that Gnus always cache NOV lines and articles, making
them available when unplugged.  Moving/copying articles offline still
require some thought tough.