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Abdullah Ramazanoglu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Your PC would carry the whole NG instead of the messages you're interested > in. In the long run you would have two choices: Either set up a rather > short expiry period (which would clear away the messages you might like to > keep longer), or have a rather bloated inbox (or appropriate folders) > which would stretch access time to disk, perhaps to the point it would > take downloading it from the net. NNTPCache is the happy middle. > A third option could be setting up separate expirations and filters > for each folder (list), separately marking each message you like to > keep longer, and generally putting up with a galore of unnecessary > toil. It's not that big of a deal with gnus. >>> I take it you're using POP3 to read your email. IMAP works basically >>> the same way as NNTP, so there's no clear win either way. > > Is it possible to work offline with IMAP? I.e. download headers, mark > some, than get the ones marked for download. Yup. > This may be a clever solution. But it is awkward to employ a server just > to be able to circumvent limitations imposed by using wrong tools for the > task at hand. NNTP is specifically designed for threaded discussions, and > it has all the bells and whistles inherently needed for the task. Whereas > with mail one has to twist and bend to get somewhere near. Once again, that is not true. Mail also has a concept of threads. Compare Followup-To in news to References in mail. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBN5VeUzgNqloQMwcRAoFbAJ9z/gkQqyjHkQg4S2ei/SEKL9mShACeOZd5 DfePGI9t6TeEtC6wO2Z6qh0= =I4Xn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
