On Sun May29'22 08:14:20PM, steve wrote: > From: steve <dl...@bluewin.ch> > Date: Sun, 29 May 2022 20:14:20 +0200 > To: mutt-users@mutt.org > Subject: Re: searching across folders using mutt > > Hi Ranjan, > > notmuch will do exactly that. > > see https://notmuchmail.org/mutttips/ > > best, > > steve
Steve, Indeed, thanks very much! I have now found notmuch and also found recoll (that I had previously never heard of). Here is a page with some help on how to use recoll: https://www.lesbonscomptes.com/recoll/faqsandhowtos/MuttAndRecoll.html The python script is missing, but I was able to find it online by searching for it on DuckDuckGo. For notmuch, there is some advice here: http://log.or.cz/?p=228 I found this from this other website on mutt tricks from a Rice University history professor: https://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~wcm1/mutt-tips.html Anyway, I was wondering, what are the pros and cons of recoll vis-a-vis notmuch? Both appear to do similar things. Many thanks again, and best wishes, Ranjan > Le 29-05-2022, à 10:40:27 -0500, Ranjan Maitra a écrit : > > > Dear friends, > > > > I have now been using mutt for about 20 months or so, having graduated from > > sylpheed, and life is generally well, but for one issue, and that is > > searching across folders. > > > > So, suppose I know that I have an email in some folder with "stuff" in the > > subject line. Now, I know how to search this (quite readily) in a folder. > > But when I do not know the folder it is stored in, so far, it has been > > simply about guessing the right folders. Sometimes I get lucky, and > > sometimes I put it away, and occasionally, I do get lucky on a > > timed-release format, but I was wondering if I can get rid of this reliance > > on luck, as both my years and size of folders go up. > > > > Is there an easy way to do this in mutt? I would like to stick to simple > > tools (and stay in mutt) if possible. > > > > My email is pulled in by fetchmail from a POP3 server (gmx) and processed > > by procmail into folders. I do not use IMAP. I thought I would put this in > > in case it was relevant. > > > > Many thanks again for your suggestions, and best wishes, > > Ranjan > > > >
