Re: OffGnus

[Rich Pieri <rich.pieri@PrescientTech.com>]

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>>>>> "RP" == Rich Pieri <rich.pieri@prescienttech.com> writes:

RP> I suggest a merger between nntp.el and nnml.el.  This "new" backend
RP> will use nntp's code to slurp news from the server and nnml's code
RP> to store and read it locally.

Some more thoughts on what to implement...

Score rules should be applied before any articles are retrieved (which
is pretty much how things are now).  At this point there are three use
modes to handle:

* off-line: download all articles with a score greater than or equal to
  some customizable value, defaulting to 0.

* on-line: works exactly like nntp does now, excepting that any read
  articles that are not already in the local spool are added when they
  are retrieved (similar to passive caching).

* interactive off-line: user explicitly marks the articles to retrieve,
  which are then stored in the local spool.  Summary buffers should have
  the ability to be "narrowed" to display just articles that are in the
  local spool area.

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