Grep mails by subject with shell script

2006-09-12 Thread Walter Willmertinger
Is there someway to grep the user's mails by subject, content of mail or similar?I just found the way to do it by going to the spool directory what is only allowed to root.I would like to do it e.g. in shell scripts! -- RegardsWalter W.Germany Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/

Re: Grep mails by subject with shell script

2006-09-12 Thread Warren Turkal
On Tuesday 12 September 2006 08:03, Walter Willmertinger wrote: I would like to do it e.g. in shell scripts! Cyrus is a closed system. If you want the functionality, use a MUA that has it. You might try something like fetchmail to sync up a local mail spool. wt -- Warren Turkal, Research

Re: Grep mails by subject with shell script

2006-09-12 Thread Walter Willmertinger
So do you or someone else know of a command line mail reader where I can scan my mails for some criteria?I know I can search mails e.g. with thunderbird. But I want to do it with shell scripts under linux to make some evaluations and generate lists. 2006/9/12, Warren Turkal [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On

Re: Grep mails by subject with shell script

2006-09-12 Thread Warren Turkal
On Tuesday 12 September 2006 10:14, you wrote: So do you or someone else know of a command line mail reader where I can scan my mails for some criteria? I know I can search mails e.g. with thunderbird. But I want to do it with shell scripts under linux to make some evaluations and generate

Re: Grep mails by subject with shell script

2006-09-12 Thread Peter Bücker
Walter Willmertinger wrote: Is there someway to grep the user's mails by subject, content of mail or similar? I just found the way to do it by going to the spool directory what is only allowed to root. You can execute your shell script as root by using sudo (http://www.gratisoft.us/sudo/).

Re: Grep mails by subject with shell script

2006-09-12 Thread Andreas Winkelmann
Am Tuesday 12 September 2006 16:03 schrieb Walter Willmertinger: Is there someway to grep the user's mails by subject, content of mail or similar? I just found the way to do it by going to the spool directory what is only allowed to root. I would like to do it e.g. in shell scripts! Hmm,