* Chris Green <c...@isbd.net> [2012-12-30 11:43:01 +0000]: > On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 11:11:06PM -0200, Ivan Sichmann Freitas wrote: > > >I want to *avoid* all this complexity, I simply want a command which > > >will scan through all my incoming mail mailboxes and take me to the ones > > >which have messages marked N in them. OK, it'll be a bit slower than > > >the (default) way that 'c' works but it will not be dependent on > > >operating system quirks which may or may not change the access times in > > >unwanted ways. > > > > Have you consideres storing your emails in maildir format? I think it > > will be easier (even faster) for you to do what you want. > > > Yes, about once a year I switch to maildir because of all its > 'advantages' and then, after a few days I switch back again because of > its *disadvantages*! :-) (for me anyway) :- > > It doesn't use *real* directories, just long names with . instead of > /. This means that it's messy/difficult to move mail directories > around manually (which I do quite frequently). > > The gobbledegook filenames it uses mean that any manual access to > mail files is fraught with difficulties and using grep is just > confusing. > > Not every mail program deals with maildir in the same way (in > particular some use real directories and others use the . in names > described above) so if I try and access the hierarchy with other > programs they don't always play nicely.
These weird Maildirs you describe, are they created by an imap server? If so what imap server software are you using? Jamie -- Primary Key: 4096R/1D31DC38 2011-12-03 Key Fingerprint: A4B9 E875 A18C 6E11 F46D B788 BEE6 1251 1D31 DC38
