From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KImnV-00029f-Cz for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:50:37 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B0CBDE04E6; Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:50:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from qw-out-1920.google.com (qw-out-1920.google.com [74.125.92.148]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91345E04E6 for ; Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:50:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qw-out-1920.google.com with SMTP id 5so177578qwf.10 for ; Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:50:35 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:from:to:subject :message-id:references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition :in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=A/RsH+jdCDjvg90RNMeRjSJWHLjPP3WZMoiZAEjzcpY=; b=l+BdIJXbm6HazsuuIhDlQl6KVcxZgk1MLhnlL1N9alFOUyOoDFhRIXco5ojLg/1qTs FdNkqqZTjTQLTBuEiJezPWXugUtunp7TvKud3fIdM8CbcALj36i2nJfwv6Kp9mz3FkhI SUCZbxI4KZuKkg3gdFJFXLV3ju/HqqLwqWIJM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=cDL+IDh/YYvQw5JyQBsDk7mhW0ntqB5VJ3gphsl87SpuqOMqYbH7TxG8YDDGciWDKi zFB6g1wzwg0HeqwWEJ62usp+nGm9FYWrt6/mIBXRFSYJeRQAbcm3M+wbgB0aI7LV1DSF YOqFVQaenduLr4/3jRDd/InHg9kznMvFX8GZc= Received: by 10.150.58.17 with SMTP id g17mr458976yba.172.1216137035083; Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:50:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ackbar.home ( [96.250.251.98]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id h12sm6948432wxd.31.2008.07.15.08.50.34 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:50:34 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:50:49 -0400 From: Michael Pobega To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Mail on multiple laptops Message-ID: <20080715155049.GA20028@ackbar.home> References: <20080715130534.GA32331@ackbar.home> <200807151711.34673.Nicolai.Beuermann@gmx.de> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-Archives-Salt: ea93a918-9264-46e8-849b-7e45046dce50 X-Archives-Hash: da59c003565146e3ef441aa17a874370 On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 03:25:58PM +0000, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2008-07-15, Nicolai Beuermann wrote: > > >> I was looking into IMAP but I can't really figure out how it works > > > > Maybe one can compare it with a simple remote filesystem. > > With a few database features thrown in. > > With IMAP, you can create folders on the server and leave all > your mail there. That way you can get to it with any IMAP > client on any machine. Most ISPs (and Gmail) offer web access > as well. > One problem I find is that switching from folder to folder takes a long time ... Sometimes the cache saves, but other times it needs to reread all 54,000 emails, and that takes quite a while. Is there a better method of accessing my folders to speed this up? -- If programmers deserve to be rewarded for creating innovative programs, by the same token they deserve to be punished if they restrict the use of these programs. - Richard Stallman -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list