> On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 08:07:45AM -0500, Josh Smith wrote:
> > Dear Misc@,
> >
> > I have a largeish ( around 10 gb) mail archive stored in a mbox file
> > and it's starting to get a bit unwieldy to maintain, it's difficult to
> > search through and etc. With that in mind I was wondering what others
> > on the list might be doing to maintain their mail archives?
> >
> > Would I be better off maintaining this in a maildir? If so what are
> > my options for conversion?
> >
> > Weather or not I keep it in mbox format or convert it to something
> > else - what sort of tools are out there to break it up into multiple
> > archives by year or perhaps sender?
>
> Maildir would help with access, at least. There are lots of options for
> conversion, including your mail client (I *know* mutt can do this.)
>
> Have you considered
http://sup.rubyforge.org/? I've heard mixed things
> about it (it's still in beta, and it does have bugs), but it's supposed
> to handle large volumes of mail well.
>
> Similarly, IMAP has a SEARCH extension. Most IMAP servers will keep
> indices for you, but getting the mail client to issue the proper
> commands (instead of searching locally) may take some doc-reading.
>
> Joachim
>
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