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# The TODO list for mboxgrep
## Behavior
- [x] use cryptographic hashes for detecting duplicate messages
- [ ] add checking for conflicting command-line options
- [ ] support for deletion of messages after being matched and displayed
- [x] ignore .overview when grepping Gnus folders
- [x] inverted matching
- [x] recursive search through directories
- [ ] literal date matching
- [x] write Texinfo documentation
- [x] writing selected messages to a new folder
- [x] deleting selected messages
- [ ] support for config files
- [x] support for reading messages from stdin
- [x] support for compressed mbox folders
- [ ] make use of lockfile library
- [ ] make use of Solaris' maillock library
- [x] provide possibility to use flock() instead of fcntl()
- [x] allow run-time selection of file locking method
- [ ] provide national language support with gettext()
- [ ] literal date matching
- [x] reading messages from standard input
- [x] run-time selection of file locking method
## File formats, encodings and standards
- [ ] MIME support
- [x] enable removing duplicate messages w/ MD5 checksums
- [ ] add checking for conflicting command-line options
- [ ] support for GnuPG
- [x] support for compressed mbox folders
- [x] support for bzip2 compression
- [ ] support for XZ-format compression
- [ ] support for mail folder conversion
- [ ] support for deletion of messages after being matched and displayed
- [ ] use a more modern hash function than MD5
## Miscellaneous
- [x] write Texinfo documentation
- [ ] configuration files
- [ ] make use of lockfile library
- [ ] make use of Solaris' maillock library
- [x] provide possibility to use flock() instead of fcntl()
- [ ] provide national language support with gettext()

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Ignore duplicate messages.
.IP "-m, --mailbox-format=TYPE"
Select input and output mailbox TYPE. TYPE can be either `mbox' (default),
`zmbox' (meaning `gzip compressed mbox'), `bz2mbox' (meaning `bzip2
compressed mbox'), `mh', `nnml', `nnmh' or `maildir'.
`zmbox' (gzip compressed mbox), `bz2mbox' (bzip2 compressed mbox), `mh', `nnml',
`nnmh' or `maildir'.
.SH EXAMPLES
.TP
\(bu
Search $MAIL for messages from Dirty Harry:
.PP
mboxgrep '^From:.*callahan@homicide\\.SFPD\\.gov' $MAIL
mboxgrep '^From:.*callahan@sanfranciscopolice\\.org' $MAIL
.TP
\(bu
Display all messages contained in folder ~/Mail/incoming, except those
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mboxgrep -v 'Received:.*aol\\.com' ~/Mail/incoming
.SH BUGS
Report them to address below.
.SH NOTICE
Mboxgrep was alomost completely rewritten since version 0.5.3. Additionally,
there was no stable 0.6.x branch between 0.5.3 and 0.7.0.
.SH SEE ALSO
grep(1),
regex(7),

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\input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*-
@c $Id: mboxgrep.texi,v 1.20 2006-01-18 00:09:58 dspiljar Exp $
\input texinfo
@setfilename mboxgrep.info
@settitle Grep through mailboxes
@finalout
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Scan @env{$MAIL} for messages from Dirty Harry:
@example
mboxgrep -H '^From:.*callahan@@homicide\.SFPD\.gov' $MAIL
mboxgrep -H '^From:.*callahan@@sanfranciscopolice\.org' $MAIL
@end example
Re-mail to George messages that mention his name:
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@cindex bug, insect, vermin, bugreport
Shortly, if @code{mboxgrep} crashes and/or works differently than described
in this manual, you've found a bug.
in this manual, you have found a bug.
Please report bugs to @email{dspiljar@@datatipp.se}.
Instructions how to reproduce the bug or output from a debugger would be
highly appreciated. Don't, however, send any coredumps.
highly appreciated. Please do not, however, send any core dumps.
@node To Vicky, , Bugs, Top
@chapter Author's Dedication