From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Russell Adams Subject: Re: Mail files in org Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:58:58 -0500 Message-ID: <20080828145858.GD23058@thinkpad.adamsinfoserv.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KYixm-0001YA-6X for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:59:06 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KYixk-0001WY-L5 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:59:05 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=41744 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KYixk-0001WN-Eo for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:59:04 -0400 Received: from squirtle.drak.net ([72.52.144.201]:37735) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KYixk-0001mh-4s for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:59:04 -0400 Received: from [206.180.154.177] (helo=localhost) by squirtle.drak.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1KYixe-0004kB-5y for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:58:58 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 02:54:22PM +0000, Charles Howard wrote: > > Is it possible to structure a large collection of emails in an org file ? Are there any specific tools for doing this ? > > I have used pine for many years but the business of categorizing sensibly into folders the hundreds of mails which > come each week is out of hand. Googlemail is offering a single file of emails, with (multiple) `tabs' replacing > the functionality of folders. This seems like a great step forward, but I don't like GUIs, and I'm not happy that on > googlemail it seems not to be possible to download an email to disk with header information. (And I don't want all > my emails permanently on someone else's server.) > > Maybe this has been thought of already, but I can't see it anywhere. I've never used mail under emacs (though I've used > emacs for about 12 years). > > What I have in mind is a single text file containing (say) one year's 10^5 emails. I could go through attaching tabs, > TODO notes, draft replies, rude remarks, tags, ... able to open a specific category ... > > If I'm reinventing the wheel, please don't be too harsh. Between Mutt and Mairix I use maildir (one message per file) and searching to meet my needs. I'd like to follow up on putting a message ID link in org to open emails though. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Russell Adams RLAdams@AdamsInfoServ.com PGP Key ID: 0x1160DCB3 http://www.adamsinfoserv.com/ Fingerprint: 1723 D8CA 4280 1EC9 557F 66E8 1154 E018 1160 DCB3