On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 10:24:10AM -0500, John Hawkinson wrote: > I find this discussion a bit…surprising? It seems like "mboxgrep" > (https://datatipp.se/mboxgrep/) > does this just fine. E.g. > > mboxgrep -rH -m maildir 'Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2019 21:24:26 -0700' dir > > recursively searches the headers of all mailboxes within 'dir' for the > pattern specified. I don't know that "-m maildir" is necessary, but it > works.
I installed and tried mboxgrep, it failed miserably on my 'real' maildir hierarchy. It probably was tested (and works) on a maildir++ hierarchy that is all at one level with long rows of .... indicating the 'depth'. -- Chris Green
