From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/14464 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: prad Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: my vs maildir Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 13:59:16 -0800 Message-ID: <87aajmrkgb.fsf@towardsfreedom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1293746297 16733 80.91.229.12 (30 Dec 2010 21:58:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 21:58:17 +0000 (UTC) To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 30 22:58:13 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PYQVf-0007Lu-QX for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Thu, 30 Dec 2010 22:58:12 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49722 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PYQVf-0000XK-Fe for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Thu, 30 Dec 2010 16:58:11 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=58565 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PYQVc-0000XF-Gp for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Dec 2010 16:58:09 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PYQVb-0001Ht-Dq for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Dec 2010 16:58:08 -0500 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:44472) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PYQVb-0001Hc-7Z for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Dec 2010 16:58:07 -0500 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PYQVY-0007JD-9o for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Dec 2010 22:58:04 +0100 Original-Received: from 70.67.160.177 ([70.67.160.177]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 30 Dec 2010 22:58:04 +0100 Original-Received: from prad by 70.67.160.177 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 30 Dec 2010 22:58:04 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 16 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 70.67.160.177 User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:/flP564BoVj2cFe+jjPM8qLZ8M4= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Announcements and discussions for GNUS, the GNU Emacs Usenet newsreader \(in English\)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:14464 Archived-At: our imap server stores mail in maildir. i get them through claws-mail and save them locally as mh (because that's what claws does). however, i understand that with gnus i have a choice. is maildir preferable to mh as far as indexers are concerned? does gnus prefer working with maildir as well? (i recall reading that nnml is faster than nnmh though i don't know if that has anything to do with maildir). this exercise is to establish the local storage format for emails over several years so they can be indexed for the purpose of search and retrieval. -- In friendship, prad