On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 03:22:26PM -0400, Ethan Mallove wrote:
> If this is not possible, is there a way to download all the
> matching messages to a local filesystem so I can grep them?
I don't think it's possible to show matching lines in mutt. However, you can
copy matching mails to a Maildir-type mailbox. Set $mbox_type to Maildir and
copy matching mails to a new mailbox.
That would be something like
:set mbox_type=Maildir<enter> Set mailbox-type to Maildir
T[YOUR SEARCH PATTERN]<enter> Tag all matching mails
;C=my_matching_mails<enter> Copy them to a new Maildir-mailbox named
'my_matching_mails'
That's in case you didn't remap any of the default keys.
Maildir-style mailboxes save messages in different files, so you can grep
through them.
$ grep -Hni [YOUR SEARCH PATTERN] my_matching_mails/{cur,new,tmp}/*
Problem is the overhead of typing the search pattern twice, once for mutt and
once for grep. Maybe one could write a macro/script-combo for this purpose.
Or you could convert your mailboxes to Maildirs.
Also, you maybe want to have a look at mboxgrep. It's a tool for searching
through multiple mailboxes. It's also possible to save matching messages to a
new mailbox. I don't know if you can save to a Maildir mailbox though.
HTH,
David
