On Mon, Dec 13 2010, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen wrote:

> While making dinner here I was thinking about what Steinar said about
> separating out the non-marks stuff (group parameters and...  stuff?)
> from .newsrc.eld.  Which led me to thinking about where to store it.
> Which led me to thinking about IMAP.

As an IMAP-only user, I just want to say that the .newsrc.eld is a PITA
to me.

I'm OK that Gnus use that file to store its IMAP cache
(gnus-newsrc-alist).

But it's currently a bit more than a cache when it comes to subscription
for example. If Gnus was able to retrieve IMAP subscription + assign
group level on a configuration basis[1], I'd be happier. I'd like to not
have my mail handling depending on a data file. :)

OTOH, gnus-sync etc would be fine for people reading newsgroups and
wanting to sync their gnus-newsrs-alist on multiple accounts. :)

My 2¢,

[1] (same for topic, but I do not use them because they are stored in
    .newsrc.eld only).

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