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

[Patrick Shanahan]

* Chris Green <cl at isbd.net> [11-26-20 10:08]:
> On Thu, Nov 26, 2020 at 02:26:40PM +0000, Chris Green wrote:
> > 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.
> > 
> I've found a workaround, if you specify mairix's *output* format as
> mbox using the mformat setting in ~/.mairixrc then the X-source-folder
> does get added.  The rest of one's mail remains in maildir format of
> course.

persistence is some cases is a blessing :)

I am perhaps remiss in remaining with mbox, just no compelling reason to
switch ... 

gudday

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