From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/42447 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: db-backed mail back end Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 00:33:58 +0100 Organization: Programmerer Ingebrigtsen Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035177682 11431 80.91.224.250 (21 Oct 2002 05:21:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 05:21:22 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: Original-Received: (qmail 1183 invoked from network); 22 Jan 2002 23:35:00 -0000 Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu (mail@129.7.128.13) by mastaler.com with SMTP; 22 Jan 2002 23:35:00 -0000 Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu ([129.7.128.10] ident=lists) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 16TAQr-0000UC-00; Tue, 22 Jan 2002 17:34:25 -0600 Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Tue, 22 Jan 2002 17:34:19 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from sclp3.sclp.com (qmailr@sclp3.sclp.com [209.196.61.66]) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id RAA06949 for ; Tue, 22 Jan 2002 17:34:06 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: (qmail 1166 invoked by alias); 22 Jan 2002 23:34:05 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 1161 invoked from network); 22 Jan 2002 23:34:04 -0000 Original-Received: from ingebrigtsen.no (HELO quimby2.netfonds.no) (195.204.10.66) by gnus.org with SMTP; 22 Jan 2002 23:34:04 -0000 Original-Received: from news by quimby2.netfonds.no with local (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 16TARI-0003gp-00 for ; Wed, 23 Jan 2002 00:34:52 +0100 Original-To: ding@gnus.org Original-Path: not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnus.ding Original-Lines: 14 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: quimbies.gnus.org Original-X-Trace: quimby2.netfonds.no 1011742492 13832 195.204.10.148 (22 Jan 2002 23:34:52 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@quimby2.netfonds.no Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 22 Jan 2002 23:34:52 GMT Mail-Copies-To: never X-Now-Playing: Various's _Knowing We Was Right From The Start_: "Kid606 - When I Want A Gun, Yeah" User-Agent: Gnus/5.090006 (Oort Gnus v0.06) Emacs/21.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) X-Face: 5-g;M[NPv!~lxsx$M&d57z|}{Bq^^#](o^;M%@o` n=\{S;5~|S2pe|Ym2x$Cl+Zj0[5/]E.{W$D9,:[9N.!5]=nWY6Ak$Ug)#^z|wp>GH!&EEf%y`{; Cancel-Lock: sha1:TiGYcp4a7grZXgiVML5FNo+Enjw= Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:42447 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:42447 Now that there are nice, free SQL-based database servers out there (PostgreSQL, and, er, PostgreSQL), would it be an idea to have a db-backed mail back end? What would you gain by such a beast, and what would you lose? 1) You would be able to search 2) You could create new groupings on-the-fly -- by altering the "splitting" criteria, you would alter which messages end up where (perhaps) (or not) 3) erm... -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen