Jon Steinhart <jon(_at_)fourwinds(_dot_)com> writes:
Howdy. I've been working on a companion mail reading system
for nmh. In short, this is a system that builds a database
from mail in folders, allowing it to be searched quickly. It
includes a ranking mechanism, and allows messages to be
searched by rank.
This sounds very interesting.
Sort of like the current fad of Bayesian spam filters, but more
general.
I would not call Bayesian filtering a fad.
But, there's one more sticky point. There's no good way to test whether
or not nmh is installed. When I set up my program, I want to fail with
an error message if the user hasn't set up a mail directory, etc.
Is test -d `mhparam Path` sufficient for your needs?
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