From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/42452 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nevin Kapur Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: db-backed mail back end Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 19:53:01 -0500 Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035177686 11451 80.91.224.250 (21 Oct 2002 05:21:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 05:21:26 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: Original-Received: (qmail 2878 invoked from network); 23 Jan 2002 00:53:40 -0000 Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu (mail@129.7.128.13) by mastaler.com with SMTP; 23 Jan 2002 00:53:40 -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 16TBfB-00018P-00; Tue, 22 Jan 2002 18:53:17 -0600 Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Tue, 22 Jan 2002 18:53:12 -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 SAA07228 for ; Tue, 22 Jan 2002 18:53:01 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: (qmail 2865 invoked by alias); 23 Jan 2002 00:53:02 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 2860 invoked from network); 23 Jan 2002 00:53:02 -0000 Original-Received: from fermat.mts.jhu.edu (root@128.220.17.18) by gnus.org with SMTP; 23 Jan 2002 00:53:02 -0000 Original-Received: (from nevin@localhost) by fermat.mts.jhu.edu (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g0N0r1b09326; Tue, 22 Jan 2002 19:53:01 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: fermat.mts.jhu.edu: nevin set sender to nevin@jhu.edu using -f Original-To: Ding X-Face: H~?ZI_L2!bGIrH^iC0e8t85[S`lwpP_/-sOvkGnN[\)[S";}xM3[Ib!ljz-80yK9SIf9sz6/DcY?yKUq1=-&XdrLjA^wK1 In-Reply-To: (Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen's message of "Wed, 23 Jan 2002 00:33:58 +0100") Mail-Copies-To: never Original-Lines: 19 User-Agent: Gnus/5.090006 (Oort Gnus v0.06) XEmacs/21.4 (Common Lisp, i686-pc-linux) Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:42452 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:42452 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen writes: > 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... I think this is a super-cool idea. Such a backend would be a great target for archiving mail. I can't think of any disadvantages, except perhaps the complexity of setting up such a group. -- Nevin