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>>>>> Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>:

> Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:

>> If we move sync logic to a central place, we'll be able to reuse it
>> for all backends and DTRT in a general way instead of a
>> nnimap-specific way.  nntp, nnrss, etc. could really use that.

> But is it fast?  :-)

I use gnus-sync.el right now to sync those nntp groups that overlap
between my gnusen (such as eg. this one).

It's fast once it gets going.  The main slowdown for me is the initial
setup of tramp ssh (I sync using SSH to a file on a server out in the
cloud).