Re: WAIS back-end? that understands mail?

[Bud Rogers <budr@sirinet.net>]

Chris Shenton <chris@shenton.org> writes:

> Since I can never remember which folder I put mail in, I use WAIS to
> index my stored mail every night. I can search with the "M-x wais"
> function that came with FreeWAIS-sf and it basically works but doesn't
> understand it's really mail, rendering it as a flat file. 
> 
> I'd really like to be able to is see the results as a *Summary* buffer
> and then step through each one, rendering as mail, since that's what
> it is. Being able to reply, forward and the like would be a winner.

Have a look at Kai Großjohann's nnir.el.  I use glimpse rather than wais,
but it does both.  From Kai's comments:


;; What does it do?  Well, it allows you to index your mail using some
;; search engine (freeWAIS-sf and Glimpse are currently supported),
;; then type `G G' in the Group buffer and issue a query to the search
;; engine.  You will then get a buffer which shows all articles
;; matching the query, sorted by Retrieval Status Value (score).

;; When looking at the retrieval result (in the Summary buffer) you
;; can type `G T' (aka M-x gnus-summary-nnir-goto-thread RET) on an
;; article.  You will be teleported into the group this article came
;; from, showing the thread this article is part of.  (See below for
;; restrictions.)


Good stuff, Maynard.  Recommended.

        
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> 
> Extra points if I could walk through other WAIS archives in a similar
> manner, like random saved text files, a WAISified Dictionary, etc.

Dunno about that.  Kai?


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Bud Rogers <budr@sirinet.net>