On Tue, 2002-11-12 at 09:56, Jeff Hiltz wrote: > Hey Folks, > > For the last few versions of Evolution I have been trying to figure out > how to do a recursive filtered search that will search through all > sub-folders...I can't find any information on this, nor any > bug-reports/feature requests for such a thing. Is this something that > has already been talked about and I missed the discussion or is it just > something that can't be done based on the architecture of the search > filter? Not sure if maybe I am just missing some simple flag or > something, but if so, I sure can't find it :)! So can anyone fill in the > blanks of my knowledge on this topic? > > Thanks! > > Jeff
There is a mail indexing and search program that works well with evolution and with which you can do a recursive search, if you use the maildir format. It is called mairix and can be found at http://www.rc0.org.uk/mairix It creates links to matching messages in a specified mailbox which can then be read in Evolution. You will need to write a little wrapper script that removes the mbox.ev-summary in that mailbox. The mailboxes that are indexed and searched are specified in the ~/.mairixrc file, but searches can be limited to specific folders using a path expression, eg., p:/evolution/mbox/ would only search for messages in a maildir folder called evolution. Just don't forget to run mairix with only indexing options if new messages need to be indexed. Here is the wrapper script I use to do a search. #! /bin/bash if [ -f \ /home/mdlind/evolution/local/save/subfolders/mairix/mbox.ev-summary ]; \ then rm \ /home/mdlind/evolution/local/save/subfolders/mairix/mbox.ev-summary fi echo "Enter search string:" read mairix $REPLY -- Michael D. Lind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
