From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Message-Id: To: , <9fans@9fans.net> In-Reply-To: <8ebe95e255a42ed2c5c07b5418dc0cbc@brasstown.quanstro.net> Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 13:23:42 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] acme/Mail sorted by replies(threaded) Topicbox-Message-UUID: b8a3bdb4-ead8-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 >> I just want to say it makes me feel better to see someone is trying >> to improve Mail. I've been using Mail for some time in parallel with >> the gmail web interface. (Basically, I prefer to write an email within >> acme [full text editor with undo etc.], but searching for a conversation >> is just simpler in the web interface. Also, it happens to me from time >> to time, that email is not actually sent from within acme (due to some >> lost connection, stunnel, ...), so I nearly always check the situation >> with the web interface). > > not sure if this applies to p9p, but ned (mail with no arguments on plan 9) > is really good for finding stuff. > g/sender/h > is typically enough to find mail from a particular person. > and there are other options that search particular header fields, or the body. > i prefer the unix-style interface to search boxes. > > unfortunately the results of a search are not themselves a mailbox. > > - erik ned compiles on p9p, also p9p acme/Mail this days get Search command based on imap service and producing mbox. - uvelichitel