From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/9868 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Scott Gifford Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: An Idea for Gnus Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2007 12:11:16 -0500 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1194543691 13723 80.91.229.12 (8 Nov 2007 17:41:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 17:41:31 +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 Nov 08 18:41:34 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 1IqBNm-0003t6-IM for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Thu, 08 Nov 2007 18:41:34 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IqBNb-000600-1W for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Thu, 08 Nov 2007 12:41:23 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news4.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local01.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.comcast.com!news.comcast.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2007 11:11:16 -0600 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.2 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:6X9AxVWP7CqL8dvE4d4I9FUYncc= Original-Lines: 55 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 68.62.29.50 Original-X-Trace: sv3-YzwryYco3kcd7V7FknoVtZrkJp7eB9m6lwmNCdHdKS9yebF9oUwGNGwSgVg4zEkI5Eg7lXd0gJvyM8l!A225HTJEyJ7wklx+iWk8hcbye9NJyvFusLMvQNE/1vVfT181s27SIOyYq07Llcm+fCJSRVHayQ== Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-DMCA-Complaints-To: dmca@comcast.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: 1.3.35 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.gnus:80076 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:9868 Archived-At: Randy Yates writes: > Michael Widerkrantz writes: > >> Randy Yates writes: >> >>> I sometimes like to work at "lightning speed" and don't want to wait >>> for 30 seconds (or more) for gnus to send a message to the server and >>> copy the sent message into the sent message folder. It "Sure Would Be >>> Nice" (TM) if gnus could be made "multitasking"so that message >>> transmission is done in the background while control of gnus is returned >>> immediately back to the user. >> >> Do you have to do this in elisp? >> >> The standard way is to have a local MTA on your machine do this for >> you, usually sendmail, exim or postfix. >> >> The usual way to configure them is to use a smarthost for delivery, >> perhaps with authentication. >> >> If you think sendmail, exim or postfix are overkill on your >> workstation, consider using ssmtp or a similar lightweight mail >> deliver client. > > That's an idea, but the server waiting time is only part of the > story. Due to the way gnus stores sent mail in one long file, that > file has grown to be quite large, and now every time I send a mail > it takes some number of seconds for gnus just to append the sent > mail to the end of that file. > > Is there a way to move mail in the sent folder to another folder > so that a) this file size doesn't affect the sending of new messages > and b) I still have it available in a gnus-compatible folder for > searching and reading? I have my Gnus configured to save sent messages in nnml, which uses one message per file, and automatically create a new sent mail folder every year. This is slightly modified from the "Archived Messages" info page: (setq gnus-message-archive-group (concat "nnml:archive." (format-time-string "%Y" (current-time)))) This is fast enough for me, although it seems that one big file would be faster; it doesn't take any longer to append to a big file than a small one. To move your current messages, just create a new group and move the messages to it. Hope this helps! ----Scott.