A question about mairix, I'm sure there are users here

[Chris Green]

On Thu, Nov 26, 2020 at 08:13:43AM -0500, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
> * Chris Green <cl at isbd.net> [11-26-20 07:13]:
> > I use mairix to search my mail.
> > 
> > I'm sure I've asked this question before but it was a *long* time ago
> > and I can't remember or find the answer.
> > 
> > When mairix has found a message with a given string/pattern in it how
> > can I tell *where* it found it?  I thought it put something in the
> > headers somewhere but I can't see anything there now.  I moved from
> > mbox to maildir (fairly) recently, is this something I have lost in
> > the move perhaps?
> 
> after invoking mairix, the result(s) will display in the second line of
> the header:  X-source-folder: <location>
> the line is added by mairix.
> 
> the first header line is also added:
>   From mairix at mairix Mon Jan  1 12:34:56 1970
> and must be altered if one is recovering a missing post and adding it to
> an mbox collection such as ~/mail/mutt
> 
> I use mbox and mairir (long time).
> 
Thanks Patrick, I think it was maybe you that answered me the previous
time I asked the question! :-)

However, it would appear that with maildir folders it doesn't work.
Reading the mairix man page it says that the messages found by mairix
are symbolic links when using maildir so I don't suppose mairix can
add that X-source-folder: header because it doesn't create a new copy
of the message.

Well I suppose I'll have to live with it - or go back to mbox.


-- 
Chris Green