I'm interested in using mh format for processing and storage of my
emails on my debian wheezy
computer. That computer has been my main desktop machine and has been
running mutt, procmail, fetchmail (for incoming) and exim4 (for
outgoing).
Procmail can deliver emails to a mh-type folder and mutt can display
and minipulate emails
that are stored in mh-type folders. So, I thought it might be a drop-
in replacement of mbox-type
folders. But I am running into problems.
The first, most important, problem is that I seem to have lost the
ability to send emails from that
computer. So, this email is coming from an old iMac running OSx 10.4.
The next question: Is this kind of switch form entirely mbox to
entirely mh possible? or possible,
but difficult and messy, or impossible. And what are the reasons?
The reason for my interest in mh is that it stores each email in a
separate file which will make
writing scripts to build indices of contents (I think). (On the iMac,
Apple has introduced its own
proprietary storage format that uses separate files in order to
enable it 'spot light' product to
do searches of emails.)
On the Wheezy machine, I am receiving emails and processing through
procmail and delivering them to a half a dozen topically related
folders to be read by Mutt. But Mutt
is not discovering that there is new mail available, and is not
indicating that individual
emails are new when I display the contents in indexer.
I don't understand which program, procmail or mutt, should be
responsible for creating
an 'unseen:' sequence. I have looked for, but have not found a HOWTO
for this kind of
integration. Finding such would be a great help to me in learning
enough about my
problem to be able to frame more intelligent questions.
TIA,
Paul
