On Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 04:48:08PM -0400, Dima Shcherban wrote: > > I wonder if there is a simple but usable mail archiving tool/utility. I > tried to do a search, but it looks like while the need is recognized, > nothing simple exists. > > Simple - I don't want to run a relational database full of mail, most of > which I will never need. > > Usable - When I do need to find that message, I would like to be able to > do so. Time consumed is important, but secondary to functionality. > > Desired features: Somethig like a mail client able to do simple searches > (I mean regexp will be nice, but plain taxt will work too) in many > mailboxes simultaneously (limited or not limited to a particular field or > message body), be able to display results in more or less compact way (say > show me a sybject line, if there is a match in message body), and be able > to open a message, if I want to look inside. > > Or is it already here, and I am crushing through an open door?
mutt (a MUA) has terrific regexp searching capabilities, and searches can be applied to headers or bodies. In mutt, you can use the 'limit' feature to only show messages that match a search. You also might want to look at glimpse/webglimpse, as it is a search-engine. It has the ability to work with fields: http://webglimpse.net/docs/ -j --- Send mail for the `bblisa' mailing list to `[EMAIL PROTECTED]'. Mail administrative requests to `[EMAIL PROTECTED]'.
