>I've been wondering if a long-lived MH server would be helpful. `scan >+inbox last:42' would connect to it, learn the message numbers in inbox, >and ask for the fields it wants for the format string for the last 42. >The server would likely have this information to hand, and if not, go to >work, readdir(), opening files, parsing, decoding, etc.
Is it me or does that sound a whole lot like IMAP? :-) --Ken -- Nmh-workers https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/nmh-workers