Re: Switching to IMAP

["Chris D.Halverson" <cdh@CompleteIS.com>]

Simon Josefsson <jas@pdc.kth.se> writes:

> "Chris D.Halverson" <cdh@CompleteIS.com> writes:
> 
> > I've got about 20 nnml groups that I'd like to have available to
> > nnimap.
> 
> Um, do you mean you want to move them to nnimap groups?  nnimap is a
> client, not a server.  This means you can't "export" existing nnml
> groups via nnimap to other imap clients.

No, I want to make them be "imap" groups. I'm guessing I can just 'B
m' them to a regular mail drops in my Mail/ directory. 

> But I'm confused, do you want to access your mail remotely, via
> (nn)imap or fetching the mail via IMAP to a local nnml spool?

I want to only access them via IMAP. nnml will be out of the picture
now. Basically, I want to use IMAP in order to use things like IMP to
get to _all_ my mail even if I can't run Gnus at that time.

> If you want to access your mail remotely via (nn)imap, the variables
> you mention are not used at all.  The variables only have semantics
> only if the backend download mail locally to split them.  nnimap
> access mail remotely (such as nntp), so any procmail-splitting would
> have to take place on the server.  (Or with the nnimap splitter.)

Yeah, I figured that. I will indeed be using procmail on the
server. I'm just making sure I don't screw something up :) I know how
IMAP works and how Gnus "works" and such. I'm just looking to see if
anybody had any "hints" on switching from nnml to nnimap.

Thanks!

cdh

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