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nmzmail
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nmzmail is a tool to use the [namazu2](http://www.namazu.org) search engine from
within [mutt](http://www.mutt.org) to search mail stored in maildir folders.
Based on the result of the namazu query, nmzmail generates a maildir folder
containing symbolic links to the mails matching the query. A simple mutt
macro makes easy to use nmzmail from within mutt.
Requirements
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* mutt (or perhaps another maildir capable mail reader)
* namazu2
* mail stored in maildir format
* libreadline
Usage
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* install namazu2 and mutt
* unpack nmzmail tar ball and call ./configure; make; make install
* generate the index using "nmzmail -i <maildir1> <maildir2> ..."
where <maildir[12]> are directories that contain maildir folders that should
be searched. By default the index and the result folder will be generated in
$HOME/.nmzmail
* add the following macro to your muttrc file:
macro generic S "<shell-escape>nmzmail<return><esc>c~/.nmzmail/result<return>" "Search via nmzmail"
* run mutt and hit "S", and enter your query when prompted.
* update your index from time to time or regularly via a cron job with
nmzmail -i <maildir1> <maildir2> ...
Features
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* fast mail searching even with large number of mails; I use it currently
on about 25000 mails
* incremental index building
* [rich query language](http://search.namazu.org/)
* integrates nicely into mutt
Example Queries
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* +from:hofmann mutt
searches for mail containg "hofmann" in From-line and mutt anywhere
* /[Hh]allo|[Hh]ello/
returns almost all mails in my folders :-)
* "Hi there"
returns only mails literally containing the string "Hi there".
see the [namazu2 documentation](http://search.namazu.org/) for more
information on the namazu2 query language.
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