Dave Abrahams <[email protected]> writes: > on Thu Sep 29 2016, Rainer M Krug <Rainer-AT-krugs.de> wrote: > >> Dave Abrahams <[email protected]> writes: >> >>> on Fri Sep 23 2016, Rainer M Krug <Rainer-AT-krugs.de> wrote: >>> >>>> Dmitry Alexandrov <[email protected]> writes: >>>> >>>>>> Most discussions on this topic point to >>>>>> http://roland.entierement.nu/blog/2010/09/08/gnus-dovecot-offlineimap-search-a-howto.html >>>>>> >>>>>> The name implies that this may be exactly what I want, but the >>>>>> link appears to be dead now. I get an empty page when I try to >>>>>> view it. >>>> >>>> I am using exactly the same setup, except that I am using >>>> >>>> ,---- >>>> | (nnimap-shell-program "/usr/local/opt/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap -o >>>> mail_location=maildir:$HOME/Maildir"))) >>>> `---- >>>> >>>> to access my local mail and I don't have a dovecot daemon running >>>> permanently. >>> >>> Yes. Other things that work really well in a setup like that are: >>> >>> 1. Using dovecot's mdbox storage format, which is much more efficient >> >> There is, among others, one reason why I don't use mbox format: >> backup. If I add an email to a folder, the whole mbox file will be >> backed up - in the case of maildir, only the new mail file. This saves >> backup space, especially as I am using a Mac and Time Machine which is >> doing hourly backups. > > Not mbox; mdbox. I've used this setup on a mac with network TM for a > long time.
OK - sorry. > >>> 2. Building dovecot with clucene and stemmer support for search >> >> Does this really work with nnimap-shell-program? I thought one has to >> use the dovecot daemon for this? > > Yes, it works. Feel free to scrape http://github.com/onmsg/onmsg for details > and ask me questions for more. There's a script in there that I use to > install (most of) this setup with homebrew. Thanks - will look into this. > >>> >>> 3. Using mbsync from the isync project (scales much better than >>> offlineimap IMO, though I am about to try dropping it because doveadm >>> sync is already part of dovecot) >> >> offlineimap works for me - and never change a running system (well - >> that's the theory). > > I don't suppose you're syncing any really large folders then? Among > other things I found doing it all through Python was causing way > much CPU usage on my Macbook pro. Hm - I am syncing my All Mail folder as well (1.3GB - just checked), so everything double, I am not using idle, just every two minutes fast sync and every 10 minutes normal sync - is not really that heavy on my Macbook Pro Retina. OK - If I am waiting for a sync it is not fast - but what is when you are waiting... > >> Interesting - didn't know about doveadm sync - any experiences with >> it? > > Not yet. > >> How does it compare to isync and offlineimap? > > I'm not really in a position to comment yet; I've just skimmed the > output of doveadm help sync. OK. Thanks for the info, Rainer > >>> >>>>> >>>>> The Internet Archive Wayback Machine comes to your aid :-) >>>>> >>>>> http://wayback.archive.org/web/20160305042051/http://roland.entierement.nu/blog/2010/09/08/gnus-dovecot-offlineimap-search-a-howto.html >>>>> >>>>> (I have no idea whether this page is in fact helpful though.) >>>> >>>> This link is helpful, but it did not actually help with getting the >>>> search to work. There was another discy=ussion abl=out using lucene in >>>> dovecot for the search, but as you, I would prefer notmuch search. >>>> >>>> I have simply defined a shortcut for me to do the search - much >>>> easier. You could even rebiung GG ? >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Rainer >>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> info-gnus-english mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnus-english -- Rainer M. Krug email: Rainer<at>krugs<dot>de PGP: 0x0F52F982
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