From: Gregor Zattler <telegraph@gmx.net>
To: Ivy Foster <joyfulgirl@archlinux.us>,
Gregor Zattler <telegraph@gmx.net>,
notmuch <notmuch@notmuchmail.org>
Subject: Re: search for date received possible?
Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2011 23:42:54 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ehy35qqp.fsf@shi.workgroup> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87vcrfvemq.fsf@nausicaa.localdomain>
Hi Ivy,
On Sun, 23 Oct 2011 12:47:41 -0400, Ivy Foster <joyfulgirl@archlinux.us> wrote:
> On Sun, 23 Oct 2011 16:53:29 +0200, Gregor Zattler <telegraph@gmx.net> wrote:
> > is it possible to limit searches to date received ranges
> > instead of date (sent) ranges?
>
> If your mail is delivered by procmail, I know you can insert
> arbitrary headers as part of the mail-processing stage,
> generally using formail. Such a recipe could look something
> like this:
>
> NOW=$(date)
> :0 fhw
> | /usr/bin/formail -a "X-Date-Received: " $NOW
Obviously I miss something here? There are already Received:-Headers in
emails which contain the date when the mail was received. How do I
search on arbitrary headers? This is especially difficult since date
specifications are so complex.
Ciao; gregor
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-10-23 21:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-10-23 14:53 search for date received possible? Gregor Zattler
2011-10-23 16:47 ` Ivy Foster
2011-10-23 21:42 ` Gregor Zattler [this message]
2011-10-23 22:33 ` Ivy Foster
2011-10-24 11:53 ` Daniel Schoepe
2011-10-25 17:31 ` how do you do everyday mail catchup with notmuch? (was: Re: search for date received possible?) Gregor Zattler
2011-10-25 18:29 ` Thomas Jost
2011-10-25 18:51 ` Daniel Schoepe
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