Re: Using nnimap as my primary select method.

[Lloyd Zusman <ljz@asfast.com>]

prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc) writes:

> Lloyd Zusman <ljz@asfast.com> wrote:
>> I'm thinking of setting up a special invocation of XEmacs/Gnus with
>> nnimap as the primary select method.  Before I do this, do any of you
>> know of any "gotchas" about using nnimap in this way?
>
> "nnimap:group.name" won't match the group name; "group.name" will.  So
> any such existing config stuff will have to be adapted.  If what you
> really want is to get rid of your current primary select method, you
> could set it to be a dummy.  I wrote a dummy backend for this purpose,
> nnnil, available at <URL:http://multivac.cwru.edu./gnus/>.
>
> Should I add this to Gnus?  Maybe with an easier-to-read name, like
> "nnempty" or something?

This worked just fine for my nnimap-only invocation.  Thank you, good
job!  I recommend that you indeed you add this to Gnus.  As for what
to call it, "nnnil" seems fine to me.


> Of course, this is just a workaraound that we can abandon when Gnus no
> longer has a notion of a "primary" select method. :)
>
>
> paul


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