From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/14465 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Brett Viren Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: my vs maildir Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 19:35:56 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87aajmrkgb.fsf@towardsfreedom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1293755768 20977 80.91.229.12 (31 Dec 2010 00:36:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 00:36:08 +0000 (UTC) Cc: info-gnus-english@gnu.org To: prad Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 31 01:36:04 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 1PYSyR-00038n-8n for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Fri, 31 Dec 2010 01:36:03 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60331 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PYSyQ-00076C-Jp for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Thu, 30 Dec 2010 19:36:02 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=39337 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PYSyN-00075u-KH for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Dec 2010 19:36:00 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PYSyM-00081t-6w for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Dec 2010 19:35:59 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-fx0-f41.google.com ([209.85.161.41]:41294) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PYSyM-00081a-1f for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Dec 2010 19:35:58 -0500 Original-Received: by fxm12 with SMTP id 12so4968100fxm.0 for ; Thu, 30 Dec 2010 16:35:56 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=2QJusov00TfJhq/a4BlkNYt5CQWjGfMWiDBkbr5Z0dM=; b=l9/dsyOOYRD4KsFuz64gIVZ5p/5TGHfWVcphtZym9qdzVsKnfNm85VkXuLE9TjGZBK +0JKURgT4Qxoe/nRLHNR8Ci7HB9y6ZYy+8rCuu8GTW0iJkvOnMeVfoRHU/mL0S3O1V/D uKgRvxaMn+AgNOK7jHqE7d4u7eQdyQHOrRUQY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=BKezU/uqZMW16/QShGpfJCnFWGhUZTg6kaP30gmm7uEOculKcOe9TZp2YTh3Y7ovxy D03Gl048EYb16UrwL9cEttKUV71T8PMtymfZTCw/kNRUFM5MemUBYtLIDztCOSi6jkw9 rw30ii9nRZjRQml2jLvrscKzuV7gWQNNbRY7U= Original-Received: by 10.223.86.16 with SMTP id q16mr4019285fal.58.1293755756451; Thu, 30 Dec 2010 16:35:56 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.223.13.20 with HTTP; Thu, 30 Dec 2010 16:35:56 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87aajmrkgb.fsf@towardsfreedom.com> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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:14465 Archived-At: On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 4:59 PM, prad wrote: > is maildir preferable to mh as far as indexers are concerned? I think what is preferable depends on what your goals are. In the past I used nnml for many years and it was just fine for how I was using it (reading from a single account). I've never looked into using MH/nnmh. For me, the indexer ("notmuch") dictated the store format and my desire to read mail from multiple clients dictates how Gnus accesses it. The sweet spot for me is now: Primary machine: Procmail->Maildir->Dovecot->nnimap Satellite machine: Maildir(primary)->Dovecot->OfflineIMAP->Dovecot->Maildir(satellite)->Dovecot->nnimap The "notmuch" indexer runs from cron or by OfflineIMAP. I find this a very satisfying, fast and usable setup. -Brett.