* [9fans] delete mail from mailfs via script
@ 2007-05-18 7:32 Matthias Teege
2007-05-18 14:00 ` Russ Cox
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From: Matthias Teege @ 2007-05-18 7:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
Moin,
I read my email with p9ps acme and mailfs and searching for
a possibility to delete mails via script. Would be nice if I can
"blacklist" some threads. There are a "ctl" and a "search" file in the
mbox but I don't know exactly how to use both.
How can I delete email from mailfs with a script?
Many thanks
Matthias
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* Re: [9fans] delete mail from mailfs via script
2007-05-18 7:32 [9fans] delete mail from mailfs via script Matthias Teege
@ 2007-05-18 14:00 ` Russ Cox
2007-05-18 14:20 ` erik quanstrom
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From: Russ Cox @ 2007-05-18 14:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
> I read my email with p9ps acme and mailfs and searching for
> a possibility to delete mails via script. Would be nice if I can
> "blacklist" some threads. There are a "ctl" and a "search" file in the
> mbox but I don't know exactly how to use both.
The search file is unused (but implemented).
The idea is you write a search string
and read back a list of message ids.
The ctl file allows bulk deletion - you write
delete 1 2 3 4 5
and it deletes the messages with those ids.
Russ
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* Re: [9fans] delete mail from mailfs via script
2007-05-18 14:00 ` Russ Cox
@ 2007-05-18 14:20 ` erik quanstrom
2007-05-21 22:48 ` Enrico Weigelt
2007-05-23 16:24 ` ron minnich
2 siblings, 0 replies; 15+ messages in thread
From: erik quanstrom @ 2007-05-18 14:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
pedantic note.
the search file is a p9p-only thing. it is
not available on the plan 9 upas/fs.
- erik
> The search file is unused (but implemented).
> The idea is you write a search string
> and read back a list of message ids.
>
> The ctl file allows bulk deletion - you write
> delete 1 2 3 4 5
> and it deletes the messages with those ids.
>
> Russ
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* Re: [9fans] delete mail from mailfs via script
2007-05-18 14:00 ` Russ Cox
2007-05-18 14:20 ` erik quanstrom
@ 2007-05-21 22:48 ` Enrico Weigelt
2007-05-21 23:03 ` Russ Cox
2007-05-23 16:24 ` ron minnich
2 siblings, 1 reply; 15+ messages in thread
From: Enrico Weigelt @ 2007-05-21 22:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs
Hi folks,
is there any paper on mailfs ?
I'd like to know how it works - maybe its suited to be used
in cross-platform MUAs too.
cu
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* Re: [9fans] delete mail from mailfs via script
2007-05-18 14:00 ` Russ Cox
2007-05-18 14:20 ` erik quanstrom
2007-05-21 22:48 ` Enrico Weigelt
@ 2007-05-23 16:24 ` ron minnich
2007-05-23 16:50 ` Russ Cox
2007-05-23 18:03 ` David Leimbach
2 siblings, 2 replies; 15+ messages in thread
From: ron minnich @ 2007-05-23 16:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs
On 5/18/07, Russ Cox <rsc@swtch.com> wrote:
> > I read my email with p9ps acme and mailfs and searching for
> > a possibility to delete mails via script. Would be nice if I can
> > "blacklist" some threads. There are a "ctl" and a "search" file in the
> > mbox but I don't know exactly how to use both.
>
> The search file is unused (but implemented).
> The idea is you write a search string
> and read back a list of message ids.
so, I was messing around in acme mail, and wanted to try something like this:
Edit X/1-800-FLOWERS/d
I.e. blow messages away from those guys, but I never got it to quite
work. What am I missing?
thanks
ron
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* Re: [9fans] delete mail from mailfs via script
2007-05-23 16:24 ` ron minnich
@ 2007-05-23 16:50 ` Russ Cox
2007-05-23 16:53 ` ron minnich
2007-05-23 18:03 ` David Leimbach
1 sibling, 1 reply; 15+ messages in thread
From: Russ Cox @ 2007-05-23 16:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
> Edit X/1-800-FLOWERS/d
> I.e. blow messages away from those guys, but I never got it to quite
> work. What am I missing?
It would be nice if that worked, but
acme's mail window is not directly
editable. Just like editing the subject
text doesn't change the subject in
the underlying message.
You can always use plain mail to do
that - g%1-800-FLOWERS%d
Russ
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* Re: [9fans] delete mail from mailfs via script
2007-05-23 16:50 ` Russ Cox
@ 2007-05-23 16:53 ` ron minnich
2007-05-23 16:58 ` Russ Cox
2007-05-23 17:02 ` Skip Tavakkolian
0 siblings, 2 replies; 15+ messages in thread
From: ron minnich @ 2007-05-23 16:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs
On 5/23/07, Russ Cox <rsc@swtch.com> wrote:
> > Edit X/1-800-FLOWERS/d
> > I.e. blow messages away from those guys, but I never got it to quite
> > work. What am I missing?
>
> It would be nice if that worked, but
> acme's mail window is not directly
> editable.
Right, I said this incorrectly anyway. How to get something like this:
Edit X/1-800-FLOWERS/Delmsg
Since Delmsg is not really an acme command, I assume won't work -- I
tried it anyway.
I want the effect of mixing up acme commands with the process attached
to the window (no, I'm not sure I said that correctly).
thanks
ron
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* Re: [9fans] delete mail from mailfs via script
2007-05-23 16:53 ` ron minnich
@ 2007-05-23 16:58 ` Russ Cox
2007-05-23 17:04 ` Sape Mullender
2007-05-23 17:07 ` Skip Tavakkolian
2007-05-23 17:02 ` Skip Tavakkolian
1 sibling, 2 replies; 15+ messages in thread
From: Russ Cox @ 2007-05-23 16:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
> Right, I said this incorrectly anyway. How to get something like this:
> Edit X/1-800-FLOWERS/Delmsg
> Since Delmsg is not really an acme command, I assume won't work -- I
> tried it anyway.
>
> I want the effect of mixing up acme commands with the process attached
> to the window (no, I'm not sure I said that correctly).
That's kind of interesting. It might not be hard to make
Edit x/.*\n( .*\n)+/ g/flowers/ * Delmesg
work (where * is a new command meaning
execute like button 2). But that isn't implemented
right now.
Russ
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* Re: [9fans] delete mail from mailfs via script
2007-05-23 16:53 ` ron minnich
2007-05-23 16:58 ` Russ Cox
@ 2007-05-23 17:02 ` Skip Tavakkolian
1 sibling, 0 replies; 15+ messages in thread
From: Skip Tavakkolian @ 2007-05-23 17:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
>> > Edit X/1-800-FLOWERS/d
>> > I.e. blow messages away from those guys, but I never got it to quite
>> > work. What am I missing?
>>
>> It would be nice if that worked, but
>> acme's mail window is not directly
>> editable.
>
> Right, I said this incorrectly anyway. How to get something like this:
> Edit X/1-800-FLOWERS/Delmsg
> Since Delmsg is not really an acme command, I assume won't work -- I
> tried it anyway.
>
> I want the effect of mixing up acme commands with the process attached
> to the window (no, I'm not sure I said that correctly).
something that might make Delmesg more useful with "Look", is if Delmesg
tried to match /(^[0-9]+)/ in the current line when called.
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* Re: [9fans] delete mail from mailfs via script
2007-05-23 16:24 ` ron minnich
2007-05-23 16:50 ` Russ Cox
@ 2007-05-23 18:03 ` David Leimbach
1 sibling, 0 replies; 15+ messages in thread
From: David Leimbach @ 2007-05-23 18:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs
On 5/23/07, ron minnich <rminnich@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 5/18/07, Russ Cox <rsc@swtch.com> wrote:
> > > I read my email with p9ps acme and mailfs and searching for
> > > a possibility to delete mails via script. Would be nice if I can
> > > "blacklist" some threads. There are a "ctl" and a "search" file in the
> > > mbox but I don't know exactly how to use both.
> >
> > The search file is unused (but implemented).
> > The idea is you write a search string
> > and read back a list of message ids.
>
> so, I was messing around in acme mail, and wanted to try something like this:
> Edit X/1-800-FLOWERS/d
> I.e. blow messages away from those guys, but I never got it to quite
> work. What am I missing?
>
> thanks
>
> ron
>
What do you have against flowers? :-)
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