On Sun May29'22 11:31:51PM, Greg Marks wrote: > From: Greg Marks <gtma...@gmail.com> > Date: Sun, 29 May 2022 23:31:51 -0500 > To: mutt-users@mutt.org > Subject: Re: searching across folders using mutt > > > Now, I know how to search this (quite readily) in a folder. But when I do > > not know the folder it is stored in, so far, it has been simply about > > guessing the right folders. > > > > > notmuch will do exactly that. > > > > > > see https://notmuchmail.org/mutttips/ > > According to the man page for notmuch: > > Mail storage that uses mbox format, (where one mbox file > contains many messages), will not work with notmuch. If > that's how your mail is currently stored, it is recommended > you first convert it to maildir format with a utility such > as mb2md before running notmuch setup .
Thanks, I use maildir for a while now, so I am good with notmuch. Still wondering about notmuch vs. recoll, though. > Is there a solution for searching across folders for those of us whose > e-mail is stored in mbox rather than maildir format? I seem to have read somewhere today that recoll works with mbox, but I am not sure if I read this correctly. Many thanks again! Ranjan
