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From: ziegast@ENG.UMD.EDU (Eric Ziegast)
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Subject: Re: Using { pick, scan, search } on multiple folders
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Date: 22 Mar 91 17:25:43 GMT
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Walter Lamia writes:
>
>I would like to use the `search' (which uses `pick' command, right?) to
>find messages in multiple folders, particularly with the -after switch,
>so I can find all the messages that I filed recently, in any of my
>folders.
>
>Is there a way to do this neatly?

There are two ways I can think of:
	1. Write a script that take multiple folder arguments and does the
	   "pick" on each one.
	2. Use slocal and send messages through a filter before using
	   rcvstore.  This filter could record (in the order you receive
	   them) a little info about each message and append it to a
	   file. You can later  use "grep" and "tail" on it to look for
	   specific messages.  I made something like this, but it's
	   pretty kludgy and specific as to what kind of mail I get.

In both cases, you're writing a script of some sort. :-(
If you enjoy writing scripts, --> :-)
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Eric W. Ziegast, University of Merryland, Engineering Computing Services
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