[emacs-wiki-discuss] Re: using planner with gnus

[Sven Kloppenburg]

Hi,

John SJ Anderson <address@hidden> writes:

> johnsu01 <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> How does Gnus monopolize your emacs? Are you on a GNU/Linux machine?
>
>   I am using GNU/Linux. The Gnus monopolization is because I have some
>   remote NNTP groups as well as quite a few nnimap groups -- so checking
>   for new mail takes some time. (Less than a minute, but more than a few
>   seconds -- enough time to twiddle thumbs and think about what else you
>   could be doing.)

possible tools, if you like to speed up gnus, instead of letting it sit in the
background are leafnode (leafnode.sf.net) and offlineimap
(http://gopher.quux.org:70/devel/offlineimap/).
-- 
bye,
Sven