* Gerardo Moro <gerardomor...@gmail.com> [2020-11-30 14:17]: > > * Gerardo Moro <gerardomor...@gmail.com> [2020-11-30 09:49]: > > > Thanks! I get an idea. Will try to use soon and let you know. > > > Thanks for the links, very helpful. > > > Question: when you say it uses emails, can it read any email database (I > > > have old ones from Microsoft outlook both Mac and Windows)? What if you > > > only use webmail, in which format shall you feed the RA? > > > > I think that all those formats can be converted to something you could > > be using centrally on your computer. > > > > I am recommending Maildir format. But that would depend of your email > > client that you use. > > > > My emails are in format .emlx which is only readable by MAIL. I also have > used Windows' Microsoft Office which stores I think in PLIST format. > Is it possible to convert them to Maildir format? I don't know how any > search software could search within those files if they are not converted.
emlx2maildir convert emlx format to maildir http://mike.laiosa.org/software/emlx2maildir/ There must be PLIST converters too. Life will become easy with maildir, but I do not know which email software you use. I am using mutt, not Emacs. mu4e package supports Maildir and database search.
