Re: what's gnus-use-backend-marks for?

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>]

Dan Christensen <jdc@uwo.ca> writes:

> The docs say:
>
>   If non-nil, Gnus will store and retrieve marks from the backends.
>   This means that marks will be stored both in .newsrc.eld and in
>   the backend, and will slow operation down somewhat.
>
> The default value is nil.  But for IMAP, will Gnus still store the
> maps in the backend? 

Yes.  It's for other backends that store marks locally.

> If this is t, should it say something about which set of marks takes
> precedence?
>
> And how does this relate to nnfolder-marks-is-evil?

It's the same thing, only Gnus-wide.

> (And the docs should probably say what happens when the variable is
> nil.  Presumably the marks are stored only in the .newsrc.eld, right?)

Yes, the marks are always stored in the .newsrc.eld...

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