From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/66742 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Wes Hardaker Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: a Gnus biff Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2008 06:59:48 -0700 Organization: Sparta Message-ID: References: <877ifaxxhz.fsf@windlord.stanford.edu> <87fxtxqlet.fsf@jidanni.org> <86wsn9i2ta.fsf@ankh.home.genehack.org> <87prt1ypwc.fsf@windlord.stanford.edu> <86d4p0830f.fsf_-_@lifelogs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1207750482 9480 80.91.229.12 (9 Apr 2008 14:14:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 14:14:42 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Russ Allbery , ding@gnus.org To: Ted Zlatanov Original-X-From: ding-owner+M15224@lists.math.uh.edu Wed Apr 09 16:15:15 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Jjb4y-00070o-Ip for ding-account@gmane.org; Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:15:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by util0.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Jjaqa-0007Ib-EK; Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:00:20 -0500 Original-Received: from mx2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.33]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JjaqZ-0007IR-7Y for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:00:19 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx2.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1JjaqT-0006D2-1V for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:00:19 -0500 Original-Received: from dcn236-43.dcn.davis.ca.us ([168.150.236.43] helo=wes.hardakers.net) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Jjaqc-0004Ha-00 for ; Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:00:22 +0200 Original-Received: from wes.hardakers.net (wlap.dyn.hardakers.net [127.0.0.1]) by wes.hardakers.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B61192F2FEC; Wed, 9 Apr 2008 06:59:48 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=0.5; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=hardakers.net; h=received:from:to:cc:subject:organization:references:face:date:in-reply-to:message-id:user-agent:mime-version:content-type; q=dns/txt; s=wesmail; bh=6AAdWcQwQlawfZ/MXk++sDJKTFU=; b=jnREqgGMeaMgGJIbdTkPtSLUQXw/2tIOhjR1QhSyo7K7JuW8AryUJNqi4Q+cKDZNevoodhd0QWdU76KdmpNfNFfGAQlIoswBGLzeCk3bFsLF7PeO2rfKMiQTmHDg98Gsk+bLKTe94RJWeF18sd6UoqgeIuEt2+46rqPmrSd+rzI= Original-Received: by wes.hardakers.net (Postfix, from userid 274) id 7AEDC2F2FEB; Wed, 9 Apr 2008 06:59:48 -0700 (PDT) Face: 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 i3bRphBM04dZ2dI6yMLjmGFqnIok/cB1YU8sJAACTeuHOd5+lumQHfDM6KyLqEm4aWkkcc1m4PqBewZxBZOg44lT+aJiexDteewboiVhxAjSHxQwhiYJEdCR6tMN1/uckirDRNbsgAAAAASUVORK5CYII= In-Reply-To: <86d4p0830f.fsf_-_@lifelogs.com> (Ted Zlatanov's message of "Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:12:32 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110007 (No Gnus v0.7) XEmacs/21.4.21 (linux, no MULE) X-Spam-Score: -2.4 (--) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:66742 Archived-At: >>>>> "TZ" == Ted Zlatanov writes: TZ> 1) `g' in Gnus takes a loooong time (everything is fetched) so I only do TZ> it every 1-2 hours, or when I leave for a few minutes. I just switched IMAP servers to dovecot with maildir and checking for new mail is now much much faster. (now I have different issues, but that's another story). TZ> 2) I have an `i' alias that shows me what new messages have arrived TZ> (it's a Perl script that speaks IMAP and Maildir). It can even display TZ> a particular message by number if I must see it right away. I too have a script like that as well... It actually drives a desktop superkaramab display that shows the to N incoming messages in various folders so the list of incoming mail is always available to my eyes (and I can call it from the command line if I'm ssh'ing in from somewhere else). It nicely summarizes all my mail in my important folders, which I love. The other option you didn't mention though is proper level setting. Set all your critical folders to priority 1, next to 2, ... Then when you need to check for critical mail do a '1 g' instead and that generally is much faster. My mailing list mail that I don't need to read on a 2-minute basis is levels 4 and beyond. That way I only take the hit on those once a day or so. -- "In the bathtub of history the truth is harder to hold than the soap, and much more difficult to find." -- Terry Pratchett