[Gllug] Another Quick Mutt question

[Nix]

On Sat, 24 Nov 2001, Rob Andrews uttered the following:
> [24-Nov-2001 12:02.49 (GMT) / Nix]
>  > > Enter the mh-folder, enter the magical command 
>  > > 	$ cat * > mbox 
>  > This is why I love mh (and similar things, like Gnus's nnml, which is
>  > basically mh with a news overview file); the ability to use the whole
>  > Unix toolbox on your mail :)
> 
> You can with practically every Unix mailer! 'cept those sick ones that store
> in strange format mailboxes.

Yes, but the other major format[1] sticks it all in one big lump, which
is silly; this sort of thing is what the filesystem is for. You can't,
e.g., process all mail that came in in the last week via a single find
call with mbox mailboxes.

[1] mbox --- maildir is the same as mh for my purposes

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