Re: searching in search results
On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 08:36:43PM -0600, lee wrote: > is it possible to somehow search within search results? Thanks a lot for your answers! I didn't even know that it's possible to combine different search criteria in one line, and I've been using mutt for years ... Combining them should be enough in most cases :) But I found two packages: mairix - indexes and searches email in locally stored email nmzmail - indexes and searches email in maildir folders I'll take a look at them and try them out, I'm curious what can be done with them. -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
Re: searching in search results
On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 08:36:43PM -0600, lee wrote: is it possible to somehow search within search results? For example, if I want to find a message of which I know the From: header and a word or some words of the body, how do I find it when going by either the From: line or the body only would give too many results? Search or limit, then "~f joe ~b 'meeting tonight'" would search or limit to messages that have "joe" in the From: line and "meeting tonight" in the body. By default, search terms are logically ANDed together so that only messages meeting all criteria are returned. You can use "~f joe | ~b 'meeting tonight'" to return messages that meet ANY critera (logical OR), and "!" for negation. "man muttrc" and search for "logical operators" for examples. Ed signature.txt Description: Digital signature
Re: searching in search results
On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 08:36:43PM -0600, lee wrote: > > Hi, > > is it possible to somehow search within search results? For > example, if I want to find a message of which I know the From: > header and a word or some words of the body, how do I find it when > going by either the From: line or the body only would give too > many results? l the first part, then / within that. -Robin -- They say: "The first AIs will be built by the military as weapons." And I'm thinking: "Does it even occur to you to try for something other than the default outcome?" -- http://shorl.com/tydruhedufogre http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** http://www.lojban.org/
Re: searching in search results
Hi, * lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 2008-11-19 20:36:43 Wed: > is it possible to somehow search within search results? For example, > if I want to find a message of which I know the From: header and a > word or some words of the body, how do I find it when going by either > the From: line or the body only would give too many results? I recommend Mairix as well, but otherwise you can simply use a more complex search pattern, such as `~fuser~bword', where `user' and `word' stand for the strings you are looking for. This pattern will only match messages that are both from `user' and contain `word'. -- David Haguenauer pgpQlaXhgp7Wk.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: searching in search results
* lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [11-19-08 21:37]: > > is it possible to somehow search within search results? For example, > if I want to find a message of which I know the From: header and a > word or some words of the body, how do I find it when going by either > the From: line or the body only would give too many results? > > Maybe tag messages by From: header and then limit the search to tagged > messages? That would work for two levels of searching only, unless I'd > start copying messages around or so ... which I could do to begin > with. Hmm. But is there a better way? > Look at mairix, http://www.rc0.org.uk/mairix mairix is a tool for indexing and searching email messages stored in Maildir, MH, or mbox folders. The index contains a map of which words occur in which parts of which messages. Searches on this index are fast and generate symlinks to the matching messages in a new Maildir or MH folder, or copies of matching messages in an mbox folder, which can be browsed normally in a mail client. I have been using it for about two years and have been very pleased. -- Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USAHOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535@ http://counter.li.org
searching in search results
Hi, is it possible to somehow search within search results? For example, if I want to find a message of which I know the From: header and a word or some words of the body, how do I find it when going by either the From: line or the body only would give too many results? Maybe tag messages by From: header and then limit the search to tagged messages? That would work for two levels of searching only, unless I'd start copying messages around or so ... which I could do to begin with. Hmm. But is there a better way? -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
