Re: To IMAP or not to IMAP

[Steven E. Harris]

Kai Grossjohann <kai@emptydomain.de> writes:

> * ssh to your desktop.  Invoke Gnus in plugged mode (with emacs -nw,
>   perhaps, for speed).  Fetch mail.  Switch Gnus to unplugged mode.
>   Exit Gnus.
>
> * Sync everything with the laptop.
>
> * Run Gnus in unplugged mode on laptop, do whatever you like.

I can never get this to work properly (running a nearly up-to-date No
Gnus 0.3). When I start up Gnus is unplugged mode, it still tries to
connect to my non-agentized groups, and fails when I try to enter any
of my agentized nnimap groups.

Using the agent always sounds like a great idea, but even these simple
operations don't work right, at least for me. I submitted a bug
report¹, and I've seen some recent discussion here on the same
problem, so I don't think I'm the only one seeing this.


Footnotes: 
¹ <83smbyqxsw.fsf@torus.sehlabs.com> on news.gnus.org

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Steven E. Harris