Carl Worth <cwo...@cworth.org> writes: > On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:39:03 +0100, Carsten Dominik > <carsten.domi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> this sounds interesting, but I'd like to know: >> what is the difference with, for example mh-search, or mairix? > > I'm not familiar with mh-search, so I can't comment there. > > As for mairix, I think a big improvement that notmuch has is its search > syntax, (including phrase-based searching). With notmuch searches look > like this: > > notmuch search from:carsten.dominik and mairix > notmuch search subject:"emacs interface" and "Carl Worth" > notmuch search tag:important > > Of course, that all falls out almost entirely due to just being based on > Xapian. > > Mairix has the interesting mode of being able to deliver search results > as a maildir of symlinks. We might add something like that to notmuch. > > Some things that notmuch has that mairix doesn't and that aren't related > just to general Xapian features: > > * A "notmuch show" command that does proper threading/nesting of > messages. > > * The ability to add/remove arbitrary tags to any message and use them > in search terms later. > > * An emacs interface to display search results, quickly filter search > results by adding a term, display a thread from the search-results > view, start composing a reply from a thread view, etc. > > I haven't compared performance and scalability of mairix and notmuch. > And all of the above is just from my own recollection of using mairix > for a few months so I may have gotten some details wrong. >
<OT for org-mode> I just thought (for completeness) I might mention Dovecot IMAP indexing at this stage since I know a good few here use gnus and IMAP : thanks to Tassilo Horn for the heads up about it. My select element is:- gnus-select-method '(nnimap "mymail" (nnimap-stream tls) (nnimap-authinfo-file "~/.authinfo.gpg") (nnimap-address "my-server.net") (nnimap-expunge-on-close always) (nnimap-nov-is-evil nil) (nnir-search-engine imap)) Note the nnir-search component. Then a key to control it:- ;; Fast index based mail search on nnmairix server. (define-key gnus-group-mode-map (kbd "<f3>") 'gnus-group-make-nnir-group) And finally the Dovecot config (/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf):- protocol imap { mail_plugins = fts fts_squat listen = *:143 ssl_listen = *:993 } plugin { fts = squat fts_squat = partial=4 full=10 } It will index when you first search that group. regards r. _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode