NAME

       nmzmail - a tool to use the namazu2 search engine from within mutt

SYNOPSIS

       nmzmail [ -b <base> ] [ -r <result> ] -i <maildir1> <maildir2> ...


        -or-
       nmzmail [ -b <base> ] [ -r <result> ] [ -n <limit> ]

DESCRIPTION

       nmzmail  is  a  program  that uses the namazu2 search engine (http://www.namazu.org) from within the mail
       client mutt to search and index mail stored in maildir folders.  Based on the result of the namazu query,
       nmzmail generates a maildir folder containing symbolic links to the mail matching the  query.   A  simple
       mutt  macro  makes  it very easy to use nmzmail from within mutt, and a simple crontab entry always keeps
       your mail indexed by namazu.

       Add the following macro to your muttrc file:

       macro generic S "<shell-escape>nmzmail<return><esc>c~/.nmzmail/result<return>" "Search via nmzmail"

       Run mutt and hit "S" and enter your query when prompted.

       You can manually update your index periodically or via a cronjob with:

       nmzmail -i <maildir1> <maildir2>  ...

OPTIONS

       -i     This tells nmzmail to index your email.

       -b FILE
              Base.  Where nmzmail builds its index.  By default it is in $HOME/.nmzmail.

       -r FILE
              Result.  Similar to -b, this lets you specify where the results are to be built. By default it  is
              within $HOME/.nmzmail.

       -n NUM Limit.   When  making  a query, nmzmail can be used directly from the command line instead of from
              within mutt.  When the -n option is invoked, the number of results returned from your  query  will
              be limited to whatever integer you specify for NUM.

SEE ALSO

       namazu(1),mutt(1)

AUTHOR

       nmzmail was written by Johannes Hofmann <johannes.hofmann@gmx.de>

       This  manual  page  was  written by Kevin Coyner <kcoyner@debian.org>, for the Debian project (but may be
       used by others).

                                                   March 2006                                         NMZMAIL(1)