Re: From Gnus to mu4e

[Bastien]

Hi Suvayu,

Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com> writes:

>>   + you said you're running Dovecot. Gnus could also directly access the
>>   local maildir without a local imap server the way mu4e does, couldn't
>>   it ? What's the benefit of running it ?
>
> Probably Bastien has more up to date comments, but last time I looked, I
> found Gnus's support for maildir rather poor.  There were a few issues,
> it didn't respect the usual maildir flags and stored its own flags
> withing the maildir.  So along with incorrect flag, the mail store took
> about ~70% more disk space.  It was also a bit slow, despite everything
> being local.  My impression is based on the status from about 2-3 years
> back, so things might have improved a lot by now.

I find it reasonably OK right now, but this is very subjective of course.

-- 
 Bastien