Preferred way to get imap emails

[Pankaj Jangid]

On Sat, Jul 27, 2019 at 04:24:53PM -0000, Grant Edwards wrote:
> I've been using mutt with Gmail for 10-15 years, and I just point mutt
> at Gmail's IMAP server and leave all of the email on that server.
> [That sounds like what you have now.]
> 
Yes. Using this configuration right now.

> Yep, that's how IMAP works.  I guess I'm lucky that my network
> connection is fast enough that it doesn't bother me.
> 
The speed is okay. But still there is half a second of lag as compared
to local mbox files. Local emails open in a snap.

> > I have configured cache so it doesn't happen everytime with the same
> > email. My 2nd question is - is there a way to pre-fetch all the
> > emails in inbox.
> 
> I don't think so -- not without using something like offline-imap.
> 

Is there any specific reason this was not done? This is probably related
to some design decisions.

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Pankaj
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