Re: my vs maildir

[Brett Viren]

On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 4:59 PM, prad <prad@towardsfreedom.com> wrote:
> is maildir preferable to mh as far as indexers are concerned?

I think what is preferable depends on what your goals are.

In the past I used nnml for many years and it was just fine for how I
was using it (reading from a single account).  I've never looked into
using MH/nnmh.

For me, the indexer ("notmuch") dictated the store format and my
desire to read mail from multiple clients dictates how Gnus accesses
it.  The sweet spot for me is now:

  Primary machine: Procmail->Maildir->Dovecot->nnimap

  Satellite machine:
Maildir(primary)->Dovecot->OfflineIMAP->Dovecot->Maildir(satellite)->Dovecot->nnimap

The "notmuch" indexer runs from cron or by OfflineIMAP.

I find this a very satisfying, fast and usable setup.

-Brett.