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Re: Searching messages (other than 'grep' and 'pick')

1998-09-01 18:15:24
tim(_at_)meer(_dot_)net wrote:
i've felt that MH should have index files in each folder which contains
perhaps all header info

The biggest single problem that I see to adding any sort of indexing to MH 
or nmh is that the filenames are not fixed.  Aside from moving things 
among folders, the act of sorting your messages changes the filenames.  
This means that it's pretty much necessary to regenerate the entire index 
quite often.

One thing I've given a TINY bit of thought to is using the Message-id 
header in some way to "pin down" an individual message.  But since I've 
only given a TINY bit of thought to it I've not come up with any great 
revelations.

-Hal <*>



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