Re: Why isn't Gnus reading my mail?

[David Kastrup]

Dan Anderson <dan@mathjunkies.com> writes:

> On Mon, 2003-11-24 at 10:40, David Kastrup wrote:
> > Dan Anderson <dan@mathjunkies.com> writes:
> > 
> > > Jesper Harder <harder@myrealbox.com> writes:
> > > 
> > > > Try nnml instead of nnmaildir.
> > > 
> > >         That isn't an option for me.  I keep several hundred megs of
> > > e-mail and if Gnus tried slurping the entire file into memory my box
> > > would have no ram left for programs.
> > 
> > Seems like you are confused about what nnml actually _is_.
> 
> What am I missing?

The Gnus manual?

C-h i d m gnus RET i nnml RET

nnml does not read every mail into memory.  It keeps each mail in a
separate file and maintains a fast data base for accessing those.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum