> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of Aaron Stone
> Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 12:07 PM
> To: DBMail mailinglist
> Subject: Re: [Dbmail] Dbmail-export search options
>
> On Fri, Jul 20, 2007, List Receiver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> said:
>
> > I'm trying to use the dbmail-export feature from 2.2.5 to create an
> mbox file from a mailbox that only has certain addresses in the To or
> From fields.  I'm unfamiliar with how to format that, and the man page
> and example from -h hasn't been enough to get me going.  I've tried
> this:
> >
> > dbmail-export -u user -m "my box" -s "1:* FROM [EMAIL PROTECTED]"
> >
> > That didn't work, however.  It produced a 0 byte file and no error
> code.  How do I format an IMAP search string to select To and From? As
> well, is there a way to do search strings for multiple To/From
> addresses?  I guess I just need to know how to do search strings in
> IMAP land.  :^)
> >
>
> Indeed! Check out RFC 3501: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3501.txt Section
> 6.4.4: SEARCH Command. I'll include a reference to it in the man page.
> (Might even be worth excerpting the entire section?)
>
> I believe what you're looking for is '-s "1:* HEADER From
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]".
> Plain FROM looks at the envelope sender (which might still produce some
> of
> the results that you want, or might not). Also check out the AND and OR
> commands.
>

Thanks much.  The RFC is quite helpful...now if only I could get my query to 
produce the results it should be producing...  :^)

dbmail-export -u user -m "mailbox" -s "1:* HEADER From [EMAIL PROTECTED]"

This command still produces a 0byte file with no error messages or warnings.  
If I exclude the search string from the command or change the search string to 
purely the date-based example in the -help, it outputs the expected file.  What 
could be messed up with my system that it's not producing results?


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