On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 09:28:17AM -0700, Paul E Condon wrote: > I'm interested in using mh format for processing and storage of my > emails on my debian wheezy computer. That computer has been my main > desktop machine and has been running mutt, procmail, fetchmail (for > incoming) and exim4 (for outgoing). > > Procmail can deliver emails to a mh-type folder and mutt can display > and minipulate emails that are stored in mh-type folders. So, I thought > it might be a drop- in replacement of mbox-type folders. But I am > running into problems. [...] > The reason for my interest in mh is that it stores each email in a > separate file which will make writing scripts to build indices of > contents (I think).
Maybe you answered this already and I missed it, but is there any reason why you're choosing the mh format over maildir? Maildir is essentially a more modern successor to mh, and like mh is a file-per-message format. Whilst the advantages of the maildir format over mh probably aren't that important in your setup, my impression is that maildir is more widely used and better supported than mh these days, so you might run into less problems with it. (For what it's worth, mutt, procmail, and various home-grown scripts all work flawlessly for me with maildir. I've never used the mh format.) HTH, Toby -- Dr T. S. Cubitt Mathematics and Quantum Information group Department of Mathematics Complutense University Madrid, Spain email: ts...@cantab.net web: www.dr-qubit.org
