Are there any good maildir manipulation utilities out there?

[Chris Green]

On Fri, Apr 09, 2021 at 07:58:12AM +1000, Cameron Simpson wrote:
> On 08Apr2021 08:40, Chris Green <cl at isbd.net> wrote:
> >On Thu, Apr 08, 2021 at 08:43:48AM +1000, Cameron Simpson wrote:
> >> It's also not particularly well suited
> >> to Chris' requirement, which includes preserving the source tree shape
> >> in the archiving process.
> >>
> >Yes, that was just one typical requirement.  The other major
> >requirement is rather different.  I have (for example) lots of
> >messages about orders from Screwfix which are currently spread around
> >in various sub-directories of 'shopping'.  For suppliers like Screwfix
> >from whom I buy a lot of rather mixed up sort of items it now makes
> >sense to me to keep them all in a Screwfix directory.  So the
> >requirement is to find all messages from Screwfix and put them in one
> >directory.
> 
> Note that there's no fundamental reason you can't link the same message 
> into many Maildirs. So link them all into a screwfix folder, and also 
> where they naturally land courtesy of other filing rules.
> 
That's very true, even if I copy the messages and have several copies
of the same message it doesn't really matter all that much.


> Also, didn't you put some work into tagging messages. A search on 
> tag=screwfix might go well.
> 
I don't think that was me.

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Chris Green