+2002-05-22 Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com>
+
+ * nnimap.el (nnimap-nov-is-evil): Improve doc.
+
2002-05-21 Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com>
* sieve-mode.el (sieve-manage): Fix autoloads.
;; o What about Gnus's article editing, can we support it? NO!
;; o Use \Draft to support the draft group??
;; o Duplicate suppression
+;; o Rewrite UID SEARCH UID X as UID FETCH X (UID) for those with slow servers
;;; Code:
"Suffix for NOV cache base filename.")
(defvoo nnimap-nov-is-evil nil
- "If non-nil, nnimap will never generate or use a local nov database for this backend.
-Using nov databases will speed up header fetching considerably.
+ "If non-nil, never generate or use a local nov database for this backend.
+Using nov databases should speed up header fetching considerably.
+However, it will invoke a UID SEARCH UID command on the server, and
+some servers implement this command inefficiently by opening each and
+every message in the group, thus making it quite slow.
Unlike other backends, you do not need to take special care if you
flip this variable.")