Re: "pick" but across multiple folders

George Michaelson <[email protected]> Tue, 6 Jan 2026 20:09:42 +1000
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Thanks! Making a link farm folder is a neat way to make a structural
outcome.

I'll go play

G

On Tue, 6 Jan 2026, 8:07=E2=80=AFpm Conrad Hughes, <[email protected]=
g> wrote:

> > I recall a bunch of people doing free text search methods, back before
> > google was a thing.
>
> Have you tried mairix?  I've contributed the odd patch to it so it will
> even index your .mmdf.xz archives among other things.  Creates a new
> search result folder (+s in my case) containing symlinks or copies of
> emails.  This would find all emails containing "word" in the last three
> months for example:
>
>   mairix d:3m- word
>
> Conrad
>

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<div dir=3D"auto">Thanks! Making a link farm folder is a neat way to make a=
 structural outcome.=C2=A0<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">I&#=
39;ll go play</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">G</div></d=
iv><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir=3D"ltr" cl=
ass=3D"gmail_attr">On Tue, 6 Jan 2026, 8:07=E2=80=AFpm Conrad Hughes, &lt;<=
a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt;=
 wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8=
ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">&gt; I recall a bunch of pe=
ople doing free text search methods, back before<br>
&gt; google was a thing.<br>
<br>
Have you tried mairix?=C2=A0 I&#39;ve contributed the odd patch to it so it=
 will<br>
even index your .mmdf.xz archives among other things.=C2=A0 Creates a new<b=
r>
search result folder (+s in my case) containing symlinks or copies of<br>
emails.=C2=A0 This would find all emails containing &quot;word&quot; in the=
 last three<br>
months for example:<br>
<br>
=C2=A0 mairix d:3m- word<br>
<br>
Conrad<br>
</blockquote></div>

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