From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/8932 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Joel Reicher Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: gmail and gnus Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 13:07:45 GMT Organization: BigPond Internet Services Message-ID: References: <1177802542.833069.30440@q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com> <871wi2g6o6.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 1177940034 16671 80.91.229.12 (30 Apr 2007 13:33:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 13:33:54 +0000 (UTC) To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 30 15:33:53 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 1HiW0k-0000vy-82 for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Mon, 30 Apr 2007 15:33:50 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HiW6v-0006Et-KF for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Mon, 30 Apr 2007 09:40:13 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newsfeed.news2me.com!news.glorb.com!newscon02.news.prodigy.net!prodigy.net!newsfeed-00.mathworks.com!lon-transit.news.telstra.net!lon-in.news.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!news-server.bigpond.net.au!53ab2750!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus Original-Lines: 20 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.4 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 61.9.138.184 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@bigpond.net.au Original-X-Trace: news-server.bigpond.net.au 1177938465 61.9.138.184 (Mon, 30 Apr 2007 23:07:45 EST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 23:07:45 EST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.gnus:79115 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:8932 Archived-At: Bill White writes: > On Sun Apr 29 2007 at 21:19, Joel Reicher wrote: > > > You might be better off finding alternative storage. Note that an > > IMAP server does not need to be a mail server. > > Hmm... this sounds interesting. Can you recommend anyone? Sorry, no. My point about the machine not needing to be a mail server was a hint that you could set up your own, which is what I would do if I had access to backed up free storage (such as at a workplace). You could configure the IMAP server to listen on an unprivileged port so you wouldn't even need root. Default deny firewalls notwithstanding, of course. Cheers, - Joel