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Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com> writes:

> Ah!  I understand, thanks for explaining.
>
> Do you think the default of enabling the agent as cache should be
> changed though?  I suspect most users of nntp/nnimap access remote
> servers, most of which are slower than local disk, and have disk space
> to waste for caching header data, but I may be wrong.

I realize you addressed this to Steiner... but I also raised a
question about needing auto-agentizing.  After reading your
explanation as to why it is a good thing.  I am now convinced it is
in fact the best thing.