Re: Create a group from a list of message-ids

[Alexander Baier <lexi.baier@gmail.com>]

Hello Pedro,

On 13-11-25 10:28 Pedro Silva wrote:
> david.goldberg6@verizon.net (Dave Goldberg) writes:
>
>>> Hello,
>>> I use a tool called mu [1] to index and search my mail, which is stored
>>> in a Maildir folder. mu is able to give me the message ids of all the
>>> mails that match a given query. I want to use these ids to create a new
>>> group in gnus that shows the search result. So it basically boils down
>>> to this:
>>
>>> Is there a function or facility in gnus that takes a list of message-ids
>>> (or even a list of local path names) and creates a new group containing
>>> the corresponding messages?
>>
>>> I am fine with writing some elisp to call out to mu and converting its
>>> output to a list, I just need above mentioned functionality.
>>
>> nnir.el provides an interface to various search capabilities and although I
>> can't speak to it as I don't use it, I see maildir mentioned for one of the
>> backends.  Perhaps that is enough to get you started.
>
> I while back I wanted exactly this. It's a work in progress; to be frank
> I don't remeber if I ever for it working, as I switched away from
> maildir and consequently mu. Worth a shot!
>

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> --
> Pedro

This cerainly looks interesting. If I have time for this and I do not
find that any other backend has better things to offer than mu, I might
see if I get this working.

Regards,
--
Alex