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diff --git a/mail/mairix/DESCR b/mail/mairix/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..aeb2bfde15b --- /dev/null +++ b/mail/mairix/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +mairix is a program for indexing and searching email messages stored in +Maildir, MH or mbox folders. + +* Indexing is fast. It runs incrementally on new messages - any particular + message only gets scanned once in the lifetime of the index file. + +* The search mode populates a "virtual" folder with symlinks(*) which + point to the real messages. This folder can be opened as usual in your mail + program. + +* The search mode is very fast. + +* Indexing and searching works on the basis of words. The index file tabulates + which words occur in which parts (particular headers + body) of which + messages. + +The program is a very useful complement to mail programs like mutt +(http://www.mutt.org/, which supports Maildir, MH and mbox folders) and +Sylpheed (which supports MH folders). + +[(*) where the input or output folder is an mbox, a copy of the message is made +instead of symlinking.] |