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INFO-DIR-SECTION Mail
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File: mboxgrep.info, Node: Top, Up: (dir)
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This file documents `mboxgrep' (version 0.7.9), a mailbox scanning
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This file documents 'mboxgrep' (version 0.7.9), a mailbox scanning
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utility.
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Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 Daniel Spiljar
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File: mboxgrep.info, Node: Introduction, Next: Invoking, Up: Top
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Introduction
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1 Introduction
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**************
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`mboxgrep' is a small, non-interactive utility that scans mail folders
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'mboxgrep' is a small, non-interactive utility that scans mail folders
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for messages matching regular expressions.
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It supports basic and extended POSIX regular expressions.
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`Perl'-style regular expressions are supported as well, if `mboxgrep'
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is linked with PCRE library.
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'Perl'-style regular expressions are supported as well, if 'mboxgrep' is
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linked with PCRE library.
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Found messages can be either displayed on standard output, counted,
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deleted, piped to a specified command, or copied to another mailbox.
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It can read and write a variety of folder formats:
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* mbox folders, either plain or compressed
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* MH folders
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* nnml and nnmh folders used by Gnus
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* `qmail'-style maildirs
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* 'qmail'-style maildirs
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Additionally, it can read mbox folders or output from another
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`mboxgrep' process from standard input. It does so if a single dash
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(-) is given as a file name.
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'mboxgrep' process from standard input. It does so if a single dash (-)
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File: mboxgrep.info, Node: Invoking, Next: Examples, Prev: Introduction, Up: Top
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Command-Line Arguments
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2 Command-Line Arguments
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The syntax of `mboxgrep' invocation is:
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The syntax of 'mboxgrep' invocation is:
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mboxgrep [OPTIONS] PATTERN [MAILBOX]
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File: mboxgrep.info, Node: Miscellaneous, Next: File locking, Up: Invoking
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`--help'
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`-h'
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'--help'
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'-h'
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Display a brief help screen and exit.
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`--version'
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'--version'
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'-V'
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Display program version and copyright information and exit.
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`--recursive'
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`-r'
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'-r'
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Descend into directories recursively.
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File: mboxgrep.info, Node: File locking, Next: Regexp selection, Prev: Miscellaneous, Up: Invoking
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When accessing mbox folders, `mboxgrep' puts a shared lock on files
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by default. Note that mbox folders normally should not be accessed
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without locking.
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default. Note that mbox folders normally should not be accessed without
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locking.
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`--file-lock=METHOD'
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`-l METHOD'
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Specify file locking METHOD. `mboxgrep' supports `flock' and
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`fcntl' file locking. However, one of these methods may be
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'--file-lock=METHOD'
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'-l METHOD'
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Specify file locking METHOD. 'mboxgrep' supports 'flock' and
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'fcntl' file locking. However, one of these methods may be
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unimplemented on your operating system and thus not available in
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`mboxgrep' at run time. To disable file locking, specify `none'.
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'mboxgrep' at run time. To disable file locking, specify 'none'.
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`--no-file-lock'
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'--no-file-lock'
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'-nl'
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`--extended-regexp'
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`-E'
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'-E'
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'--basic-regexp'
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'-G'
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PATTERN is a basic regular expression.
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`--perl-regexp'
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`-P'
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'--perl-regexp'
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'-P'
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PATTERN is a Perl regular expression.
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`--regexp=PATTERN'
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`-e PATTERN'
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'--regexp=PATTERN'
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'-e PATTERN'
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Use PATTERN as a regular expression.
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`--ignore-case'
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`-i'
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'--ignore-case'
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'-i'
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Perform case-insensitive search.
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`--invert-match'
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`-v'
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Invert the sense of matching, i.e. select only non-matching
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'--invert-match'
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'-v'
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Invert the sense of matching, i.e. select only non-matching
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messages.
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File: mboxgrep.info, Node: Output control, Next: Search scope selection, Prev: Regexp selection, Up: Invoking
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By default, `mboxgrep' writes found messages to standard output.
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The options below change such behavior.
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By default, 'mboxgrep' writes found messages to standard output. The
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options below change such behavior.
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`--count'
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`-c'
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'--count'
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'-c'
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Suppress normal output and print the count of matching (or
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non-matching, if used with the `-v' option) messages.
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non-matching, if used with the '-v' option) messages.
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`--delete'
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`-d'
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'--delete'
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'-d'
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Suppress normal output and delete selected messages.
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Use with extreme caution.
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`--no-duplicates'
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`-nd'
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'--no-duplicates'
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'-nd'
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Ignore duplicate messages.
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`--output=FOLDER'
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`-o FOLDER'
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'--output=FOLDER'
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'-o FOLDER'
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Suppress normal output and write messages to destination folder
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FOLDER instead.
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Note that `mboxgrep' assumes the output folder is of the same
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Note that 'mboxgrep' assumes the output folder is of the same
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format as the input folder. Currently there is no possibility to
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convert folders.
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`--pipe=COMMAND'
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`-p COMMAND'
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'--pipe=COMMAND'
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'-p COMMAND'
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Suppress normal output and pipe each selected message to a separate
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instance of COMMAND.
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`--no-messages'
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`-s'
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'--no-messages'
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'-s'
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Suppress error messages.
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`--headers'
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`-H'
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'--headers'
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'-H'
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Match PATTERN against message headers.
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`--body'
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`-B'
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'--body'
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'-B'
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Match PATTERN against message body.
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File: mboxgrep.info, Node: Mailbox type selection, Prev: Search scope selection, Up: Invoking
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`--mailbox-format=FORMAT'
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`-m FORMAT'
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Specify mailbox FORMAT. Supported formats are `mbox' (default),
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`zmbox' (gzip compressed mbox), `bz2mbox' (bzip2 compressed mbox)
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`mh', `nnml', `nnmh', and `maildir'.
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'--mailbox-format=FORMAT'
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'-m FORMAT'
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Specify mailbox FORMAT. Supported formats are 'mbox' (default),
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'zmbox' (gzip compressed mbox), 'bz2mbox' (bzip2 compressed mbox)
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'mh', 'nnml', 'nnmh', and 'maildir'.
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File: mboxgrep.info, Node: Examples, Next: Bugs, Prev: Invoking, Up: Top
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Examples
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3 Examples
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Scan `$MAIL' for messages from Dirty Harry:
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Scan '$MAIL' for messages from Dirty Harry:
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mboxgrep -H '^From:.*callahan@homicide\.SFPD\.gov' $MAIL
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mboxgrep --pipe="/usr/lib/sendmail george" --ignore-case george ~/Mail/*
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Display all messages in folder `~/Mail/incoming', except those that
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Display all messages in folder '~/Mail/incoming', except those that
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appear to originate from AOL:
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mboxgrep -v -H '^Received:.*aol\.com' ~/Mail/incoming
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Do a case-insensitive scan of `~/Mail/incoming' for messages with
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subject "Weekly News" and write them to folder `~/Mail/archive':
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Do a case-insensitive scan of '~/Mail/incoming' for messages with
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subject "Weekly News" and write them to folder '~/Mail/archive':
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mboxgrep -o ~/Mail/archive -H -i '^Subject: Weekly News' ~/Mail/incoming
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Count _all_ messages stored in folder `spam', ignoring duplicates:
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Count _all_ messages stored in folder 'spam', ignoring duplicates:
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mboxgrep -nd -c . spam
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File: mboxgrep.info, Node: Bugs, Next: To Vicky, Prev: Examples, Up: Top
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Detecting Vermin
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****************
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4 Detecting Vermin
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Shortly, if `mboxgrep' crashes and/or works differently than described
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Shortly, if 'mboxgrep' crashes and/or works differently than described
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in this manual, you've found a bug.
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Please report bugs to <dspiljar@panix.com>. Instructions how to
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reproduce the bug or output from a debugger would be highly
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appreciated. Don't, however, send any coredumps.
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Please report bugs to <dspiljar@datatipp.se>. Instructions how to
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reproduce the bug or output from a debugger would be highly appreciated.
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Don't, however, send any coredumps.
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File: mboxgrep.info, Node: To Vicky, Prev: Bugs, Up: Top
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Author's Dedication
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5 Author's Dedication
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`Mboxgrep' is dedicated in loving memory of Vicky, my cat who died of
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'Mboxgrep' is dedicated in loving memory of Vicky, my cat who died of
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tumor on Sep 12, 2002.
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You haven't been long with us, but you gave us a lot of joy and all
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your big heart that stopped ticking too early. I will never forget you.
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your big heart that stopped ticking too early. I will never forget you.
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Sleep well, little friend.
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Tag Table:
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Node: Top197
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Node: Introduction598
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Node: Invoking1466
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Node: Miscellaneous1824
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Node: File locking2110
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Node: Regexp selection2752
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Node: Output control3304
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Node: Search scope selection4298
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Node: Mailbox type selection4540
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Node: Examples4863
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Node: Bugs5679
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Node: File locking2111
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Node: Regexp selection2748
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Node: Output control3300
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