Re: Use Debian mailinglists with slow connection to Internet?
On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 at 17:14 GMT, Anton Zinoviev penned:
> Hi!
>
> The Debian mailing lists produce big trafic of email. If I want to
> follow them regularly I have to use a slow and expensive connection to
> Internet (low quality phone line or mobile phone). I tried to use
> offlineimap but this was only to realise that I can afford it. May be
> other people have symilar problems (mobile computers, etc.).
>
> Certainly I am not interested in every message. May be there is some
> way to control which messages will be copied from the server to the
> computer I use? Is the following scenario possible somehow: First, I
> connect to Internet in order to get automaticaly the first messages
> from each thread. Then read the received messages offline. Next by
> some "subscription" mechanism I connect again and receive all messages
> from threads I have selected.
>
> I can install software both on my computer and on the server I use.
> It would be nice however to find a solution that will not require to
> install anything on the server.
>
> Thanks, Anton Zinoviev
>
>
It sounds like the gmane newsgroup mirror might be a good idea for you.
You can choose to only download headers initially, and the newsreader
will then only pull the full message if you try to view it.
--
monique
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