multiple IMAP accounts

2011-05-08 Thread David Froger
Hy, I'm trying to set up multiple IMAP acounts. My problem is about switching between servers. I've read some documentation on the web, especially this one: http://wiki.mutt.org/?MuttGuide/UseIMAP The important lines in my .muttrc are : set header_cache = "~/.mutt_header_cache" set message_cach

Re: mairix search

2011-05-08 Thread Tim Gray
On May 08, 2011 at 11:30 PM +0200, Christian Ebert wrote: I believe --purge makes it actually slower, as it compacts dead messages away in the db. It could very well. I had *never* purged it though. I had... a lot of dead messages. 200k.

Re: mairix search

2011-05-08 Thread Christian Ebert
* Tim Gray on Sunday, May 08, 2011 at 17:10:22 -0400 > On May 08, 2011 at 10:47 PM +0200, Christian Ebert wrote: >> $ time mairix -v -p > > I bet that was my problem. I don't think I ever used -p, so there > were a lot of dead messages floating around in my db. I believe --purge makes it actuall

Re: mairix search

2011-05-08 Thread Tim Gray
On May 08, 2011 at 10:47 PM +0200, Christian Ebert wrote: $ time mairix -v -p I bet that was my problem. I don't think I ever used -p, so there were a lot of dead messages floating around in my db. The times I'm getting now are pretty good. Notmuch seems to be faster, but the times are a

Re: mairix search

2011-05-08 Thread Christian Ebert
* Tim Gray on Sunday, May 08, 2011 at 15:39:53 -0400 > On May 08, 2011 at 09:21 PM +0200, Richard wrote: >> I have just done a re-index with mairix and have no reason to complain:) > > In my experience, on my system, mairix was slower. I seem to recall > times of around 15-20 minutes to go throug

Re: The true meaning of 'mutt'?

2011-05-08 Thread Chip Camden
Quoth Chip Camden on Sunday, 08 May 2011: > Quoth Richard on Sunday, 08 May 2011: > > On Sun, May 08, 2011 at 08:20:22AM -0700, Chip Camden wrote: > > > Quoth Richard on Sunday, 08 May 2011: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > somewhat off-topic but found it interesting: 'mutt' appears to denote a > > >

Re: The true meaning of 'mutt'?

2011-05-08 Thread Chip Camden
Quoth Richard on Sunday, 08 May 2011: > On Sun, May 08, 2011 at 08:20:22AM -0700, Chip Camden wrote: > > Quoth Richard on Sunday, 08 May 2011: > > > Hi, > > > > > > somewhat off-topic but found it interesting: 'mutt' appears to denote a > > > kinship relation "grand" in the sense of grandafter, g

Re: The true meaning of 'mutt'?

2011-05-08 Thread Richard
On Sun, May 08, 2011 at 08:20:22AM -0700, Chip Camden wrote: > Quoth Richard on Sunday, 08 May 2011: > > Hi, > > > > somewhat off-topic but found it interesting: 'mutt' appears to denote a > > kinship relation "grand" in the sense of grandafter, grandmother in > > Dravidian languages: > > > >

Re: mairix search

2011-05-08 Thread Tim Gray
On May 08, 2011 at 09:21 PM +0200, Richard wrote: I have just done a re-index with mairix and have no reason to complain:) In my experience, on my system, mairix was slower. I seem to recall times of around 15-20 minutes to go through a couple hundred thousand messages looking for new ones.

Re: mairix search

2011-05-08 Thread Richard
On Sun, May 08, 2011 at 10:13:49AM -0400, Tim Gray wrote: > Again, the difference on the time it took to re-index was probably > the real eye-opener for me. I have just done a re-index with mairix and have no reason to complain:) As of search operators most people are happiest if they don't need

Re: The true meaning of 'mutt'?

2011-05-08 Thread Chip Camden
Quoth Richard on Sunday, 08 May 2011: > Hi, > > somewhat off-topic but found it interesting: 'mutt' appears to denote a > kinship relation "grand" in the sense of grandafter, grandmother in > Dravidian languages: > > http://books.google.com/books?id=T7Wv4ncys88C&lpg=PA11&ots=qFTz1PQ1MT&dq=mutt

Re: mairix search

2011-05-08 Thread Tim Gray
On May 08, 2011 at 11:09 AM +0200, Richard wrote: indeed wrong; mairix j...@joe.com mairix j...@joe.com work order will do exactly what most people would think it would do. It has some special treatment of email addresses in addition to that. Good to know. Though I still do find the search s

dynamically setting xterm title & resource to "mutt"

2011-05-08 Thread Richard
Hi, found some nifty translations that to interesting things for mutt, such as mutt.vt100.translations: #override \n\ None: string(<<) \n\ None: string(>>) \n and this in .muttrc: bind pager < previous-line bind pager > next-line which works nicely when I invoke it as xterm -e mutt Since

The true meaning of 'mutt'?

2011-05-08 Thread Richard
Hi, somewhat off-topic but found it interesting: 'mutt' appears to denote a kinship relation "grand" in the sense of grandafter, grandmother in Dravidian languages: http://books.google.com/books?id=T7Wv4ncys88C&lpg=PA11&ots=qFTz1PQ1MT&dq=mutt-ajje%20mutt-awwa&pg=PA11#v=onepage&q=mutt-ajje%20m

Re: mairix search

2011-05-08 Thread Richard
On Fri, May 06, 2011 at 12:12:38AM -0400, Tim Gray wrote: > One of the other things I like about notmuch is that I feel it has a > much more intuitive syntax. I could never remember which switches I > needed to use with mairix and mu. With notmuch, if I want to find > an email from j...@joe.com