Re: search mailreader to read big archives

On 11/12/03, Ekkard Gerlach ([email protected]) wrote:
> Yes, they are!! Pure mbox format. I'm working with mutt
> and mutt only make mbox format.

Mmm! Mutt supports mbox, MMDF, MH and Maildir formats. Look for
"$mbox_type" in the manual (you may be able to invoke this with "F1"
while in a mutt session).

It looks to me that the solution for this may be a version of the pocket
workstation install that you can do on an SD card. I've emailed Klaus
about how one might install a minimal Debian environment so that
packages such as vim/mutt/hnb can be downloaded using apt-get. I would
like use mutt natively.

A couple of thoughts though, to use mutt on a Z.

    Have a different muttrc file to invoke when shelling into the server
        mutt -F ~/.muttrcz
    Strip down the normal index view
        set index_format="%4C %Z %{%b %d} %-15.15F (%4c) %s
        ->
        set index_format="%3C %{%b %d} %-7.7F | %s"
    Use compressed mbox format if using locally.
        (requires compilation with --enable-compressed
         my Debian testing version 1.5.4i (2003-03-19) has
         patch-1.5.3.rr.compressed.1)

Oops. Gone off-topic. Sorry!
Rory
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