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Re: [Orgmode] Mail files in org
From: |
Russell Adams |
Subject: |
Re: [Orgmode] Mail files in org |
Date: |
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:58:58 -0500 |
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Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) |
On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 02:54:22PM +0000, Charles Howard wrote:
>
> Is it possible to structure a large collection of emails in an org file ? Are
> there any specific tools for doing this ?
>
> I have used pine for many years but the business of categorizing sensibly
> into folders the hundreds of mails which
> come each week is out of hand. Googlemail is offering a single file of
> emails, with (multiple) `tabs' replacing
> the functionality of folders. This seems like a great step forward, but I
> don't like GUIs, and I'm not happy that on
> googlemail it seems not to be possible to download an email to disk with
> header information. (And I don't want all
> my emails permanently on someone else's server.)
>
> Maybe this has been thought of already, but I can't see it anywhere. I've
> never used mail under emacs (though I've used
> emacs for about 12 years).
>
> What I have in mind is a single text file containing (say) one year's 10^5
> emails. I could go through attaching tabs,
> TODO notes, draft replies, rude remarks, tags, ... able to open a specific
> category ...
>
> If I'm reinventing the wheel, please don't be too harsh.
Between Mutt and Mairix I use maildir (one message per file) and
searching to meet my needs.
I'd like to follow up on putting a message ID link in org to open
emails though.
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- [Orgmode] Mail files in org, Charles Howard, 2008/08/28
- Re: [Orgmode] Mail files in org,
Russell Adams <=
- Re: [Orgmode] Mail files in org, Richard G Riley, 2008/08/28
- Re: [Orgmode] Mail files in org, Russell Adams, 2008/08/28
- [Orgmode] Re: Mail files in org, Paul R, 2008/08/28
- Re: [Orgmode] Mail files in org, Richard G Riley, 2008/08/28
- Re: [Orgmode] Mail files in org, Russell Adams, 2008/08/28
- [Orgmode] Re: Mail files in org, Richard G Riley, 2008/08/28
- Re: [Orgmode] Re: Mail files in org, Tim O'Callaghan, 2008/08/29
- Re: [Orgmode] Re: Mail files in org, Manish, 2008/08/29
- [Orgmode] Re: Mail files in org, Bernt Hansen, 2008/08/28
- [Orgmode] Re: Mail files in org, Richard G Riley, 2008/08/28