Re: using procmail to split directly into nnimap groups

[Toby Speight <Toby.Speight@streapadair.freeserve.co.uk>]

Toby> Toby Speight
Toby> <URL:mailto:Toby.Speight@streapadair.freeserve.co.uk>
JMK> Jody M. Klymak <URL:mailto:jklymak@apl.washington.edu>

0> In article <uaenk805j.fsf@lanber.cam.citrix.com>, Toby wrote:

Toby> [1] I intend to move to nnml-split-fancy when I can, so I don't
Toby>     have to log in on the server to update my rules - and for
Toby>     the improved functionality.


0> In article <zovkyope.fsf@apl.washington.edu>, JMK wrote:

JMK> Ah, but the point of keeping your messages on the server in the
JMK> first place is so that you aren't dependant on the MUA to keep
JMK> your mail in order.  If you go on vacation and all you have is
JMK> Pine or mailx or whatever you get stuck with when you aren't at
JMK> your home machine, your mail won't get sorted.

True.  Perhaps I should do some crude sorting on the server, and use
Gnus to split the resulting half-dozen groups?  OTOH, I don't often
travel without my Gnus (I burn a CD of my $HOME if necessary), so it's
not a big issue here.

You say that the point of keeping your messages on the server is so
that you are independent of the MUA.  That's true, but for me the main
advantage of IMAP is that backups are more frequent on that server.
(And it's often faster than nnml on a SMB-mounted filesystem - maybe
that's just a result of different server hardware).