Re: Emacs/Gnus: About simple after things :-) [was: GNUS and imap]

[poppyer]

David Abrahams <dave@boostpro.com> writes:

: on Wed Mar 18 2009, Andrzej Adam Filip <anfi-AT-onet.eu> wrote:
:
:> David Abrahams <dave@boostpro.com> wrote:
:>
:>> on Tue Mar 17 2009, Richard Riley <rileyrgdev-AT-gmail.com> wrote:
:>>
:>>> Is this server specific? I have only
:>>>
:>>>        gnus-select-method '(nnimap "mymail"
:>>>                               (nnimap-stream ssl)
:>>>                               (nnimap-address "imap.myserver.net")
:>>>                               (nnimap-authinfo-file "~/.authinfo")
:>>>                               (nnir-search-engine imap))
:>>
:>> I've been doing something like that for years, and I use dovecot, and it
:>> works.  I wonder what's tripping up the OP.
:>
:> IMHO Emacs/Gnus is full of "simple *after*" things/traps especially for
:> "Learn It Yourself" path :-)
:
: 100% Agreed.  The docs don't paint a clear architectural picture of the
: system, and nnimap is prone to confusing behavior, especially when used
: with the agent, if you have other mail clients.  Still, it's better than
: anything else I can find.  I just wish I really understood it.

The only thing I am missing in nnimap (of gnus) is that I can not
preview the email by partial downloading. A typical scenario is when I
got a email with 2M attachments, I can only read the few lines of text
after I download all the 2M attachments, which is very very slow...