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Re: [mpop-users] filter old mails



On Fri, 6 Jul 2012 17:26:06 +0200, ilf wrote:
> I am trying to download mails older than a certain timeframe (say, 2 
> months). Ideally, only if they have been read already and are not 
> flagged.
> 
> I have looked into the "filter" command, but I am not sure I
> understand how this works. It pipes the entire headers into external
> commands? So I could use some form of grep and regex magic?

Yes, exactly.

> Is there a cool way to accomplish this in mpop?

Hm, it's not exactly cool, but you could write a little shell script
(or perl or python or ...) that checks the relevant headers and then
returns 2 (skip this mail) or 0 (proceed).

> Or should I look for another tool?

I don't have a good overview over alternatives right now, so I'm not
sure...

Martin

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