> > FWIW, I use offlineimap this way, but rather than pointing gnus directly > at my local maildir, I use dovecot (a small local IMAP server) as an > intermediary. This method is documented here: > > http://roland.entierement.nu/blog/2010/09/08/gnus-dovecot-offlineimap-search-a-howto.html >
+1 I also use gnus, dovecot and offlineimap, and used this same page to guide my setup. Although this wasn't trivial to setup, I love the results. A responsive email/Emacs environment which is fully available allowing me to read and write mail with or without internet access (great for hour long train commutes). > > Note the update at the end, since dovecot's command-line interface has > changed since the article was first written. I actually use: > > (setq gnus-select-method '(nnimap "Mail" > (nnimap-shell-program > "/usr/lib/dovecot/imap -c ~/.dovecotrc") > (nnimap-stream shell))) > > So far, my emacs (which contains everything I do except Firefox) has > remained responsive, and my mailstore still makes sense to K9 when I'm > mobile. > > G > > -- Eric Schulte http://cs.unm.edu/~eschulte