Re: Gnus header re-scan

2007-11-29 Thread Ross A. Laird
Thanks for the tip, David. I'll check it out. Cheers. Ross David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ross A. Laird) writes: >> I would use mairix as another alternative, but I understand there's >> been issues between mairix and gnus. > > There shouldn't anymore if you use the nnm

Re: Gnus header re-scan

2007-11-29 Thread David
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ross A. Laird) writes: > I would use mairix as another alternative, but I understand there's > been issues between mairix and gnus. There shouldn't anymore if you use the nnmairix backend: http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/emacs-en/GnusMairix If you have problems with it, just

Re: Gnus header re-scan

2007-11-29 Thread Ross A. Laird
Tassilo Horn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hm, after I've written this I tried OfflineIMAP and I really like it. > Till now, it didn't do weird things. ;-) > Well, in general I think it's an excellent program. Perhaps the issue was with my server, the IMAP version, or various other things. And th

Re: Gnus header re-scan

2007-11-29 Thread Tassilo Horn
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ross A. Laird) writes: Hi Ross, >> Another solution that might be even faster for large amounts of mail >> may be a local imap proxy (i.e. OfflineIMAP [1]). > > Actually I have tried this method, but offlineimap has, on a couple of > occasions, done weird things to my mail dire

Re: Gnus header re-scan

2007-11-29 Thread Ross A. Laird
Thanks for the response; > Is the IMAP server agentized? Yes. But still, large mail directories take 5 to 10 minutes at least. > Another solution that might be even faster for large amounts of mail may > be a local imap proxy (i.e. OfflineIMAP [1]). Actually I have tried this method, but offli

Re: Gnus header re-scan

2007-11-27 Thread Tassilo Horn
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ross A. Laird) writes: Hi Ross, > Often I need to go into an archive directory to find old email or > addresses. In mutt, once the headers are downloaded, subsequent > rescans of the archive are very fast (the archive has about 15,000 > messages in it). But gnus seems to want t

Gnus header re-scan

2007-11-26 Thread Ross A. Laird
This is probably in the gnus docs, but I usually find it difficult to find what I need there, so I thought I'd ask here: Often I need to go into an archive directory to find old email or addresses. In mutt, once the headers are downloaded, subsequent rescans of the archive are very fast (the arch