[sf-lug] sf-lug Digest, Vol 102, Issue 5

[Shane Tzen]

On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 1:40 PM, Alison Chaiken <alchaiken at gmail.com> wrote:

> There are 3 reasons I use offlineimap:
>
> 0. Backup.   Some day the GOOG may lose my email or cut me off.   It's
> important to have your own copy, if only for legal reasons.
>

http://goo.gl/0f1ae - you can also have gmail offline.  Also, nothing stops
you from using the gmail web UI and using something like fetchmail to
create an archive somewhere.


> 1. Ironically, search.  Gmail search results don't include mailing
> lists, which is where a significant fraction of content I'm searching
> for originates.   Solution: download and grep!
>

Not sure what you mean.  I specifically sub to various mailing lists (and
filter & label) so that I can search via gmail (faster and easier to read
threads than looking at online archives, etc.).  Basically, for any mailing
list that I care about, I sub specifically via email to exploit gmail's
search.


> 2. Because mailing lists contain useful tech info, having offline
> access really is handy fairly often.
>

0 & 1 addresses having offline access & search already.  But regardless,
needing an offline searchable archive and using gmail as a MUA aren't
mutually exclusive.  For me personally, if I'm offline (really offline),
I've got bigger problems than not being able to search through my mailing
list archives. =)
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