From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/8660 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: John Sullivan Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: imap on maildir Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2007 05:30:00 -0500 Message-ID: <87zm7uz047.fsf@ashbery.wjsullivan.net> References: <87r6t9xqa0.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1170589232 22652 80.91.229.12 (4 Feb 2007 11:40:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2007 11:40:32 +0000 (UTC) To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Feb 04 12:40:24 2007 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 4.50) id 1HDfjM-0003SE-B3 for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Sun, 04 Feb 2007 12:40:24 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HDfjN-00076H-DQ for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Sun, 04 Feb 2007 06:40:25 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newsfeed.news2me.com!nx02.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!216.196.98.140.MISMATCH!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local01.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.speakeasy.net!news.speakeasy.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2007 05:19:41 -0600 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/22.0.93 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:3VM702Isiz7LAZEO1OpP9ibfBH0= Original-Lines: 20 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.92.79.150 Original-X-Trace: sv3-duPimDnuMenBeeom3emtYPvgkKt1Z+Y6MhBr+S+40scyANNRfIYWEE0pu6+T48vT9Gk1ajHr7DVDUZQ!AqYHsaPpkrbdj3878tMtjeQVuvibN+f5w0GV6ByqKWIFE5jBR+uAmBwt+XbiCH9MRR1nBXMxEaea!F5F92LrpFc3oQFxmQxSF Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@speakeasy.net X-DMCA-Complaints-To: abuse@speakeasy.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.32 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.gnus:78843 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:8660 Archived-At: Hadron writes: > Has anyone here successfully configured courier-imap with exim4 to sit > on top of an existing maildir directory in order to employ the nnimap > backend in gnus rather than the maildir one? I read that it should speed > up gnus startup. > > I have a ~/Mail directory which then contains about 15 sub Maildirs > which are fed from fetchmail and procmail from various mailing lists and > personal email subscriptions. Yes, if I understand you right, that's my mail setup. Except that I don't use fetchmail to get the mail -- I use offlineimap to sync the "real" imap server to the maildirs on my laptop. courier is running locally on the laptop, and I point nnimap at it. -- -John Sullivan -http://www.wjsullivan.net -GPG Key: AE8600B6