Re: [VM] Accessing large IMAP folders

[Stefan Monnier]

> If you use any of the pre-releases of VM 8.2.0 or the trunk on Launchpad,

I'm using the trunk, thanks.

> there are ways of maintaining IMAP cache folders with only message headers
> loaded and message bodies maintained externally.

> In the latest pre-release (8.2.0b), you do this by setting
>    (setq vm-enable-external-messages '(imap))
>    (setq vm-imap-max-message-size 1000)  ; download small messages by default

Ah, that looks very interesting.  Will try.

The next question is: can VM download those "external messages" but
store them in a separate file (I do like having a complete local copy of
all my email, so I can read it offline)?


        Stefan