NAME
nmzmail - a tool to use the namazu2 search engine from within mutt
SYNOPSIS
nmzmail [ -b <base> ] [ -r <result> ] -i <maildir1> <maildir2> ...
-or-
nmzmail [ -b <base> ] [ -r <result> ] [ -n <limit> ]
DESCRIPTION
nmzmail is a program that uses the namazu2 search engine
(http://www.namazu.org) from within the mail client mutt to search and
index mail stored in maildir folders. Based on the result of the
namazu query, nmzmail generates a maildir folder containing symbolic
links to the mail matching the query. A simple mutt macro makes it
very easy to use nmzmail from within mutt, and a simple crontab entry
always keeps your mail indexed by namazu.
Add the following macro to your muttrc file:
macro generic S "<shell-escape>nmzmail<return><esc>c~/.nmzmail/result<return>" "Search via nmzmail"
Run mutt and hit "S" and enter your query when prompted.
You can manually update your index periodically or via a cronjob with:
nmzmail -i <maildir1> <maildir2> ...
OPTIONS
-i This tells nmzmail to index your email.
-b FILE
Base. Where nmzmail builds its index. By default it is in
$HOME/.nmzmail.
-r FILE
Result. Similar to -b, this lets you specify where the results
are to be built. By default it is within $HOME/.nmzmail.
-n NUM Limit. When making a query, nmzmail can be used directly from
the command line instead of from within mutt. When the -n
option is invoked, the number of results returned from your
query will be limited to whatever integer you specify for NUM.
SEE ALSO
namazu(1),mutt(1)
AUTHOR
nmzmail was written by Johannes Hofmann <johannes.hofmann@gmx.de>
This manual page was written by Kevin Coyner <kcoyner@debian.org>, for
the Debian project (but may be used by others).
March 2006