Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 23:31:28 -0700 From: "Brian" <bri@sonicboom.org> To: "Cliff Sarginson" <cliff@raggedclown.net>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Looking for Mr good mail archiver port...[OT ?] Message-ID: <029b01c1458b$b937d820$3324200a@sonicboom.org> References: <20010925075900.C3954@raggedclown.net>
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I have heard of people indexing data with glimpse I believe, to improve
future searchability.
Bri
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cliff Sarginson" <cliff@raggedclown.net>
To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 10:59 PM
Subject: Looking for Mr good mail archiver port...[OT ?]
> Hello,
> Yesterday I cleaned up a lot of my mail directories and
> archived a lot of the messages for future use. What I want
> to do is to create my own personal database of information from
> the various mailing lists I am on. I also tend to eliminate
> the messages that say "thanks, I will try that" etc.. (not because
> there is anything wrong with that, I am just trying to keep
> concrete information).
> Now I am looking for a way of handling this ever growing
> body of information. Rather than having to load mailboxes
> and search etc.
> For example say I am looking for a piece of information on
> "FreeBSD and Massively Parallel Processors for use on the
> Moon" I want to do fuzzy searches on the mail files and come up
> with an indexed display of relevant messages. Bearing in mind
> that some of my saved archives come from different mailing lists.
>
> My question is, is there a tool out there that will help with this?
> I could write one myself of course..I was thinking of mysql or
> some such.
>
> I am not being sycophantic when I say I am asking this list for
> information because technically wise it is consistently more
> responsive than some of the other lists I am on !
>
> I use postfix/procmail/mutt as my mail setup and slrn for news.
> (if that is of any relevance).
> My mailbox format is mbox.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> p.s. I have it on my list to have a look at grepmail.
>
> --
> Regards
> Cliff
>
>
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