Re: No Gnus feature request: simpler file structure for synching

[Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com>]

Josh Huber <huber+news@alum.wpi.edu> writes:

> Kai Grossjohann <kai@emptydomain.de> writes:
>
>> Then you'd sync nothing for the nnimap part (all state is kept on
>> the server, except for the list of groups you subscribe to -- but
>> that doesn't change so often), and the single file for the nntp
>> part.
>
> Doesn't IMAP also support storing subscription information on the
> server?  Does Gnus use this?  I guess not, since the subscribed groups
> in Gnus were not subscribed via Squirrelmail. (and vice-versa)

Gnus add IMAP-subscribed mailboxes to *Group* automatically, I
believe, but it doesn't IMAP-subscribe groups.  I'm not sure how it
could, it seems wrong to IMAP-subscribe any group the user opens.

> I wonder if we could use IMSP to store ALL gnus configuration?  now,
> wouldn't that be cool?  Does it have enough features?
>
> http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/rfc/imsp.html
>
> Then, no syncing would be needed -- all information would be stored on
> the IMAP/IMSP server.

I haven't seen many life signs from either IMSP nor ACAP recently.