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.TH MU-EASY 1 "September 2010" "User Manuals"
.TH MU-EASY 1 "October 2010" "User Manuals"
.SH NAME
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extensive information in the man page about the sub-command you are using --
for example, the mu-index or mu-find man pages.
\fBNOTE\fR: the 'index' command (and therefore, the ones that depend on
that, 'cleanup' and 'search'), require that you store your mail in the
\fBNOTE\fR: the \fBindex\fR command (and therefore, the ones that depend on
that, such as \fBfind\fR), require that you store your mail in the
Maildir-format. If you don't do so, you can still use the other commands, but
cannot index/search your mail.
.SH INDEXING YOUR E-MAIL
Before you can search e-mails, you'll first need to index them:
Before you can search e-mails, you'll first need to index them:
.nf
\fB$ mu index\fR
.fi
The process can take a few minutes, depending on the amount of mail you
have, the speed of your computer, drive etc. Usually, indexing should be able
to reach a speed of a few hundred messages per second.
The process can take a few minutes, depending on the amount of mail you have,
the speed of your computer, hard drive etc. Usually, indexing should be able to
reach a speed of a few hundred messages per second.
Indexing gives some progress information, and it shows which directories it is
indexing. If the Maildir-directory it guessed is not the right one, you can
use the \fI--maildir\fR option. See the \fBmu-index\fR man page for more
\fBmu index\fR guesses the top-level Maildir to do its job; if it guesses
wrong, you can use the \fI--maildir\fR option to specify the top-level
directory that should be processed. See the \fBmu-index\fR man page for more
detail.
Note, you
.SH SEARCHING YOUR E-MAIL
After you have indexed your mail, you can search it. Normally, the search
results are to standard output, but the output can also be in the form of
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This is the same message found before, only with some different fields displayed.
By default, \fBmu\fR uses the logical \fBand\fR for the search parameters --
that is, it displays messages that match all the parameters. However, we can
use logical \fBor\fR as well:
By default, \fBmu\fR uses the logical AND for the search parameters -- that
is, it displays messages that match all the parameters. However, we can use
logical OR as well:
.nf
\fB$ mu find t:julius OR f:socrates\fR