On Fri, Apr 09, 2021 at 07:58:12AM +1000, Cameron Simpson wrote: > On 08Apr2021 08:40, Chris Green <c...@isbd.net> wrote: > >On Thu, Apr 08, 2021 at 08:43:48AM +1000, Cameron Simpson wrote: > >> 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. > > Note that there's no fundamental reason you can't link the same message > into many Maildirs. So link them all into a screwfix folder, and also > where they naturally land courtesy of other filing rules. > That's very true, even if I copy the messages and have several copies of the same message it doesn't really matter all that much.
> Also, didn't you put some work into tagging messages. A search on > tag=screwfix might go well. > I don't think that was me. [snip further useful comments and ideas] -- Chris Green
