On Thu, Apr 08, 2021 at 08:43:48AM +1000, Cameron Simpson wrote: > On 07Apr2021 18:34, Kurt Hackenberg <k...@panix.com> wrote: > >On 2021/04/07 18:16, Kurt Hackenberg wrote: > >>On 2021/04/07 17:01, Chris Green wrote: > >>>I'm looking for a tool which will allow me to search through a large > >>>hierarchy of maildir messages and then provide actions to take on the > >>>matched messages. > >> > >> > >>fdm? > >><https://github.com/nicm/fdm/blob/master/MANUAL> > >> > >>Or some other filter-and-deliver program -- but not procmail, > >>because it's a zombie, abandoned by its last maintainers, last > >>release 20 years ago. > > > > > >Maybe Cameron Simpson's filer, if he publishes it. > > It's got some dependencies on some stuff I need to weed out before it is > easy for someone-not-me to use. It's also not particularly well suited > to Chris' requirement, which includes preserving the source tree shape > in the archiving process. > Yes, that was just one typical requirement. The other major requirement is rather different. I have (for example) lots of messages about orders from Screwfix which are currently spread around in various sub-directories of 'shopping'. For suppliers like Screwfix from whom I buy a lot of rather mixed up sort of items it now makes sense to me to keep them all in a Screwfix directory. So the requirement is to find all messages from Screwfix and put them in one directory.
> I suspect Chris may need to roll his own. I'd imagine something like: > > find message paths using mairix \ > | move message files sideways, making sure there's no conflicts > Yes, I think it may have to be a roll my own something like this. It's just that mairix doesn't provide a very good 'handle' to use. -- Chris Green
