Dave Abrahams <d...@boostpro.com> writes: > on Fri Sep 23 2016, Rainer M Krug <Rainer-AT-krugs.de> wrote: > >> Dmitry Alexandrov <321...@gmail.com> writes: >> >>>> Most discussions on this topic point to >>>> http://roland.entierement.nu/blog/2010/09/08/gnus-dovecot-offlineimap-search-a-howto.html >>>> >>>> The name implies that this may be exactly what I want, but the >>>> link appears to be dead now. I get an empty page when I try to >>>> view it. >> >> I am using exactly the same setup, except that I am using >> >> ,---- >> | (nnimap-shell-program "/usr/local/opt/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap -o >> mail_location=maildir:$HOME/Maildir"))) >> `---- >> >> to access my local mail and I don't have a dovecot daemon running >> permanently. > > Yes. Other things that work really well in a setup like that are: > > 1. Using dovecot's mdbox storage format, which is much more efficient
There is, among others, one reason why I don't use mbox format: backup. If I add an email to a folder, the whole mbox file will be backed up - in the case of maildir, only the new mail file. This saves backup space, especially as I am using a Mac and Time Machine which is doing hourly backups. > > 2. Building dovecot with clucene and stemmer support for search Does this really work with nnimap-shell-program? I thought one has to use the dovecot daemon for this? > > 3. Using mbsync from the isync project (scales much better than > offlineimap IMO, though I am about to try dropping it because doveadm > sync is already part of dovecot) offlineimap works for me - and never change a running system (well - that's the theory). Interesting - didn't know about doveadm sync - any experiences with it? How does it compare to isync and offlineimap? > >>> >>> The Internet Archive Wayback Machine comes to your aid :-) >>> >>> http://wayback.archive.org/web/20160305042051/http://roland.entierement.nu/blog/2010/09/08/gnus-dovecot-offlineimap-search-a-howto.html >>> >>> (I have no idea whether this page is in fact helpful though.) >> >> This link is helpful, but it did not actually help with getting the >> search to work. There was another discy=ussion abl=out using lucene in >> dovecot for the search, but as you, I would prefer notmuch search. >> >> I have simply defined a shortcut for me to do the search - much >> easier. You could even rebiung GG ? >> >> Cheers, >> >> Rainer >> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> info-gnus-english mailing list >>> info-gnus-english@gnu.org >>> https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnus-english -- Rainer M. Krug email: Rainer<at>krugs<dot>de PGP: 0x0F52F982
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