On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 08:02:48PM +0100, Richard Lyons wrote: > - If I read the ~/Mail directory from mutt, I only get to see the > top level folders. If I convert it to a flat structure, there will > be over 100 folders to scroll through to find or file anything.
I've been thinking of reducing the number of mail boxes I use. Instead archive the incoming mail based on some rules. Then I just delete messages from my mail folders as needed. http://www.rrbcurnow.freeuk.com/mairix/ is one program in debian that might help. I haven't used it, but it sound about like what I want. I been wanting to create my own. Split the headers on incoming and index in a database. That would allow making queries on a number of columns at the same time, and use cron to clean things up over time (why archive debian-user for more than a few days when there's other archives?). MySQL full text indexing would make searching easier -- or use Swish-e and a few perl module to split the message into parts for seaching: body=(kernel compile) AND from=(hank.org) That approach sound best for me as I could really customize what gets indexed, and I could store the emails gzipped and use file timestamps to remove old mailing list messages. I'd probably use a web interface so it's available to me when travelling. Save search results to a folder so I could pull up old messages. > - I have to use mbox because when I travel (and copy all the current > folders to, say, a smart media card) I cannot copy maildir files > -- apparently the various non-alphanumeric characters in the > filenames trip up 'cp -r' Get an imap server on line, then add in a webmail client. -- Bill Moseley [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
