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Re: IMAP client compared to Gnus

At Mon, 15 Feb 2010 07:43:15 +0100, Erik Colson wrote:

> So here come my questions:
> - first of all: is Wanderlust fully compatible with IMAP? I mean especially
> if it does _only_ use IMAP capabilities and flags and doesn't do tricky
> stuff as gnus does.

Presume, yes.

> - second: is it fast ? 

Yes.

>  I have approx 300 mailboxes. 100 mailboxes receive
> their mail by procmail. Can I tell WL to only check those 100 boxes for new
> mails ?

Yes.

> Does it take some time to open a mailbox with 5000 mails ?

It takes some time to open it for the 1st time. Next time it uses
tricky technique to get only new mails.

> Does WL use caching ?

Yes.

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wbr, Vitaly