On Mon, May 20, 2002 at 12:40:31PM -0500, David T-G wrote: > Adam, et al -- > > ...and then Adam Shostack said... > % > % On Mon, May 20, 2002 at 06:39:58AM -0500, Patrick wrote: > ... > % > > _not_ so ok for a million. > % > > % > Look at grepmail, grepmail.sourceforge.net. > % > % One important difference is that vfolders are built around pre-built > % indexes, making them more efficient than grepping hundreds of megs of > > Hmmm... Maybe glimpse as a search indexer? Mailing list archive search > engines are fast; can the same idea be used to return a list of messages > from lots of mailboxes being indexed and to hand to mutt as a mailbox?
Yes, I used to have this, but it never got today's mail, and it wasn't really integrated into anything. If I wanted non-integrated mail, I'd be using MH. :) > % mail. Having watched people use vfolders, it makes me seriously > % consider switching over to evolution. > > Heavens! :-) I figured that would be attention grabbing. :) > % > % However, I can't find a decent technical overview of the system, other > % than the source. > > Is there even a decent non-technical interview, or perhaps a non-decent > technical interview? What goal are they accomplishing and, very > basically, how is it done? http://www.ximian.com/devzone/tech/evolution.html http://www.ximian.com/devzone/manuals/evolution/usage-mail-organize-vfolders.html Adam
