Justin R. Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said something to this effect on 07/13/2001:
> Thus spake Walt Mankowski ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> > Depends where the messages are that you're deleting. I find I'm
> > generally deleting the newest messages, which are at the end of the
> > file and don't take long at all to delete. I open the folder to check
> > for new messages a lot more often than I delete old messages.
> > (Remember, I'm using this mostly as an archive.)
>
> What about searching?
What I like most about mbox, and the main reason I haven't moved
to Maildir, is the searchability of a single file. Yes, I know
you can use grep -r, and most indexers will index multiple files,
but you get filenames like ~/Mail/mutt-users/new/57834896890 or
whatever Maildir uses to name its files.
Though, to bring it back to vfolders (remember vfolders?), it
would be nice to able to say something like SELECT Subject FROM
MAIL WHERE From LIKE "%mom%" ORDER BY Date DESC LIMIT 1 and get
the latest message from my mom...
(darren)
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