Re: nnimap usage model

[David Abrahams <dave@boost-consulting.com>]

First I just want to thank you guys for your responsiveness and the
attention you've given to this issue...

kai.grossjohann@uni-duisburg.de (Kai Großjohann) writes:

> David Abrahams <dave@boost-consulting.com> writes:
>
>> That helps a bit, but I'm still in the dark.  If I had
>> gnus-agent-cache == nil (the default),
>
> It seems that the default is t, not nil.

Whoops.

>> I wouldn't be able to use `J s'?  Or what?
>
> Well, err.  As I understand it, frobbing gnus-agent-cache influences

Sorry: frobbing?

> the behavior for the plugged case only.  So you could set
> gnus-agent-cache to nil, then you could use `J s' to fetch articles
> and headers.  But as long as you're online, Gnus won't use those
> local copies when you enter a group and so on.  Instead, the headers
> will be fetched again.  

Seems rather pointless, doesn't it?

> When you go unplugged, the local copies will be used, of course --
> Gnus can't use the remote ones, after all.
>
> Suppose you're online.  You enter a group, then quit it, then enter
> it again.
>
> When gnus-agent-cache is nil, then Gnus will fetch headers from the
> server, show the summary buffer.  Then you quit the summary.  Then
> you enter it again and Gnus will fetch the headers from the server
> again.
>
> When gnus-agent-cache is t, then Gnus will fetch headers from the
> server, then show the summary buffer.  Gnus will also store the
> just-fetched headers locally.  Then after you exit and then re-enter
> the group, Gnus will use the local copies of the headers, instead of
> fetching them again.

That sounds like what I want.

> I'm not sure whether Gnus will store the just-fetched headers locally
> only when gnus-agent-cache is t, or whether this storing also happens
> when gnus-agent-cache is nil.  Any expert out there?
>
> Maybe the documentation should be improved.

Thanks again for looking at this.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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