On 18 Sep 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I recently signed up to a free account at fastmail just to try out > IMAP from Gnus. I have connected fine and can see email just fine. But > whats the story with local buffering? Is the whole idea of IMAP that > this doesn't happen?
Yes and no ;-) > Can Gnus do it? What should I do if I want a > local copy in case the network is down? I assume you use the nnimap backend. You may have to adjust your agent settings. By default only the mail headers are cached by the agent. I just tried it myself. (Beware: I do not no the caveats yet ;-)) Bellow I try to describe one possible way to do it. I followed the instructions of the gnus agent documentation. Using Exal de Jesus Garcia Carrillo's referencing style ;-) : (Info-goto-node "(gnus)Gnus Unplugged") Step 1: Create a category for groups the agent should keep the complete articles/mails. In the Group buffer type: "J c" to enter the *Agent Category* "a" to create a new category (i called it "downloadall") "e" to edit the category Change the selection predicate to true Optionally disable agent cache expiration. Step 2: Add groups to this category In the Group buffer type: "J a" on the group to add to the category (in my case "downloadall") Step 3: Tell the agent to store articles when selected in "plugged mode", too. M-x customize-variable gnus-select-article-hook Simply set the cross on gnus-agent-fetch-selected-article I think that's it. Some other keys to keep in mind (use "C-h k" followed by the keystrokes to get help - f.e. "C-h k C-h k") and see (Info-goto-node "(gnus)Agent commands") Group buffer: "J j" toggle plugged/unplugged "J s" download (prepare for going unplugged - tell agent to download all new mails/news) Summary buffer: "J M-#" remove agent download mark It is probably a good idea to read the section about "Agent and IMAP". Especially this part: ,---- (Info-goto-node "(gnus)Agent and IMAP"): | Some things are currently not implemented in the Agent that you'd | might expect from a disconnected IMAP client, including: | | * Copying/moving articles into nnimap groups when unplugged. | | * Creating/deleting nnimap groups when unplugged. `---- Greetings Jens PS: have fun with gnus ;-) _______________________________________________ info-gnus-english mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnus-english
