Re: Reading mail stored in a DB
Hello,
Please, take a look at this page: http://www.dbmail.org/
Maybe this project will help you achieve your goal.
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- Cristiano
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From: Travis Spencer <travislspencer@xxxxxxxxx>
To: mutt-users@xxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Reading mail stored in a DB
> On 12/28/05, George <d1945@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hey George,
>
> > So, to sum up, mutt can read messages in a database, but only if you
> > remove them from the database. I doubt that's what you're looking for
> > or wanted to hear
>
> Two other reasons to do this in my mind are 1) If all messages are
> stored in a database, three month old emails can be deleted willy
> nilly. To view the old messages, I could just change to the
> `archive/foo' mailbox for example. If I were to hack mutt to display
> all mailbox messages in the archive directory by querying the DB and
> displaying them in a normal manner, I would have a pretty nice
> archival system, 2) the system administrators at my school don't
> impose a quota on database size, but they do on file system usage.
> So, I could store all the emails I wanted and never get bumped over
> quota :-)
>
> > you're heading down a dead-end street. Or to use Kyle's words,
> > it's a silly idea.
>
> You guys are probably right.
>
> Thanks George, Kyle, and Emil for your comments. Have a happy New Year!
>
> --
>
> Regards,
>
> Travis Spencer
>
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