[gentoo-user] mutt: Tagging on the contents of mails

[gentoo-user] mutt: Tagging on the contents of mails

[meino.cramer]

Hi,

 is there any way to mark mails as tagged based on the contents 
 of the body of the mails?

 Thank you very much for any help in advance!
 Best regards,
 mcc

Re: [gentoo-user] mutt: Tagging on the contents of mails

[Dale]

meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote:
> Hi,
>
>   is there any way to mark mails as tagged based on the contents
>   of the body of the mails?
>
>   Thank you very much for any help in advance!
>   Best regards,
>   mcc
>
>    

That depends on your mail reader.  I use Seamonkey and it can do that.  
I would think that Thunderbird can as well.  In Seamonkey go to Tools, 
then select Message Filters.  Then click to create a new filter.  Type 
in a filter name or it will puke later, I usually forget that.  In the 
middle section, it usually defaults to Subject here, you need to change 
that to Body.  In the field to the right of that, fill in whatever you 
want it to detect, udev, USB or whatever text you want to select.  In 
the bottom section, defaults to Move Message to here, change that to Tag 
Message then select on the right what you want it tagged as.  If you use 
Seamonnkey, check out all the other options as well.  If you use 
Thunderbird, I would think it would do the same but things may be in 
different places.  Maybe the instructions will give ideas where to look.

I'm not sure that is exactly what you want but that is what I know can 
be done here.  Again, depends on if we are talking about the same thing 
and what reader you use as well.

Hope that helps.

Dale

:-)  :-)

Re: [gentoo-user] mutt: Tagging on the contents of mails

[meino.cramer]

Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> [11-05-28 05:28]:
> meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >  is there any way to mark mails as tagged based on the contents
> >  of the body of the mails?
> >
> >  Thank you very much for any help in advance!
> >  Best regards,
> >  mcc
> >
> >   
> 
> That depends on your mail reader.  I use Seamonkey and it can do that.  
> I would think that Thunderbird can as well.  In Seamonkey go to Tools, 
> then select Message Filters.  Then click to create a new filter.  Type 
> in a filter name or it will puke later, I usually forget that.  In the 
> middle section, it usually defaults to Subject here, you need to change 
> that to Body.  In the field to the right of that, fill in whatever you 
> want it to detect, udev, USB or whatever text you want to select.  In 
> the bottom section, defaults to Move Message to here, change that to 
> Tag Message then select on the right what you want it tagged as.  If 
> you use Seamonnkey, check out all the other options as well.  If you 
> use Thunderbird, I would think it would do the same but things may be 
> in different places.  Maybe the instructions will give ideas where to 
> look.
> 
> I'm not sure that is exactly what you want but that is what I know can 
> be done here.  Again, depends on if we are talking about the same thing 
> and what reader you use as well.
> 
> Hope that helps.
> 
> Dale
> 
> :-)  :-)
> 

Hi Dale,

in the subject line to my mail I mentioned that I am using mutt
as mailreader... :)

How can I accomplish tagging on base of the contents of the mail
with the mailreader mutt?

Have a nice weekend!
Best regards,
mcc

Re: [gentoo-user] mutt: Tagging on the contents of mails

[Dale]

meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote:
> Dale<rdalek1967@gmail.com>  [11-05-28 05:28]:
>    
>> meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote:
>>      
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>>   is there any way to mark mails as tagged based on the contents
>>>   of the body of the mails?
>>>
>>>   Thank you very much for any help in advance!
>>>   Best regards,
>>>   mcc
>>>
>>>
>>>        
>> That depends on your mail reader.  I use Seamonkey and it can do that.
>> I would think that Thunderbird can as well.  In Seamonkey go to Tools,
>> then select Message Filters.  Then click to create a new filter.  Type
>> in a filter name or it will puke later, I usually forget that.  In the
>> middle section, it usually defaults to Subject here, you need to change
>> that to Body.  In the field to the right of that, fill in whatever you
>> want it to detect, udev, USB or whatever text you want to select.  In
>> the bottom section, defaults to Move Message to here, change that to
>> Tag Message then select on the right what you want it tagged as.  If
>> you use Seamonnkey, check out all the other options as well.  If you
>> use Thunderbird, I would think it would do the same but things may be
>> in different places.  Maybe the instructions will give ideas where to
>> look.
>>
>> I'm not sure that is exactly what you want but that is what I know can
>> be done here.  Again, depends on if we are talking about the same thing
>> and what reader you use as well.
>>
>> Hope that helps.
>>
>> Dale
>>
>> :-)  :-)
>>
>>      
> Hi Dale,
>
> in the subject line to my mail I mentioned that I am using mutt
> as mailreader... :)
>
> How can I accomplish tagging on base of the contents of the mail
> with the mailreader mutt?
>
> Have a nice weekend!
> Best regards,
> mcc
>
>    

Oooops, I missed that part.  My bad.  lol   I read the message three 
times looking for a hint but missed it in the subject line.

Dale

:-)  :-)

Re: [gentoo-user] mutt: Tagging on the contents of mails

[meino.cramer]

Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> [11-05-28 06:16]:
> meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote:
> >Dale<rdalek1967@gmail.com>  [11-05-28 05:28]:
> >   
> >>meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote:
> >>     
> >>>Hi,
> >>>
> >>>  is there any way to mark mails as tagged based on the contents
> >>>  of the body of the mails?
> >>>
> >>>  Thank you very much for any help in advance!
> >>>  Best regards,
> >>>  mcc
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>       
> >>That depends on your mail reader.  I use Seamonkey and it can do 
> >>that.
> >>I would think that Thunderbird can as well.  In Seamonkey go to 
> >>Tools,
> >>then select Message Filters.  Then click to create a new filter.  
> >>Type
> >>in a filter name or it will puke later, I usually forget that.  In 
> >>the
> >>middle section, it usually defaults to Subject here, you need to 
> >>change
> >>that to Body.  In the field to the right of that, fill in whatever 
> >>you
> >>want it to detect, udev, USB or whatever text you want to select.  In
> >>the bottom section, defaults to Move Message to here, change that to
> >>Tag Message then select on the right what you want it tagged as.  If
> >>you use Seamonnkey, check out all the other options as well.  If you
> >>use Thunderbird, I would think it would do the same but things may be
> >>in different places.  Maybe the instructions will give ideas where to
> >>look.
> >>
> >>I'm not sure that is exactly what you want but that is what I know 
> >>can
> >>be done here.  Again, depends on if we are talking about the same 
> >>thing
> >>and what reader you use as well.
> >>
> >>Hope that helps.
> >>
> >>Dale
> >>
> >>:-)  :-)
> >>
> >>     
> >Hi Dale,
> >
> >in the subject line to my mail I mentioned that I am using mutt
> >as mailreader... :)
> >
> >How can I accomplish tagging on base of the contents of the mail
> >with the mailreader mutt?
> >
> >Have a nice weekend!
> >Best regards,
> >mcc
> >
> >   
> 
> Oooops, I missed that part.  My bad.  lol   I read the message three 
> times looking for a hint but missed it in the subject line.
> 
> Dale
> 
> :-)  :-)
> 

:))))

How can I accomplish tagging on base of the contents of the mail 
with the mailreader mutt?                                        

Best regards,
mcc

Re: [gentoo-user] mutt: Tagging on the contents of mails

[Dale]

meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote:
>
> :))))
>
> How can I accomplish tagging on base of the contents of the mail
> with the mailreader mutt?
>
> Best regards,
> mcc
>
>
>    

Let's see if this helps:

http://www.mutt.org/doc/manual/manual.html#toc2.3

Should be more applicable to your needs.  ;-)   I have never used mutt 
but have been known to use Google on occasion, with good results results 
if I am lucky.

Dale

:-)  :-)

Re: [gentoo-user] mutt: Tagging on the contents of mails

[meino.cramer]

Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> [11-05-28 06:40]:
> meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote:
> >
> >:))))
> >
> >How can I accomplish tagging on base of the contents of the mail
> >with the mailreader mutt?
> >
> >Best regards,
> >mcc
> >
> >
> >   
> 
> Let's see if this helps:
> 
> http://www.mutt.org/doc/manual/manual.html#toc2.3
> 
> Should be more applicable to your needs.  ;-)   I have never used mutt 
> but have been known to use Google on occasion, with good results 
> results if I am lucky.
> 
> Dale
> 
> :-)  :-)
> 

Yes, Dale, I tried that before. "T tage mail matching a pattern" does
not what I seems to be: It matches only against the subject line.
This was the reason, why I asked here...

Best regards,
mcc

Re: [gentoo-user] mutt: Tagging on the contents of mails

[Todd Goodman]

* meino.cramer@gmx.de <meino.cramer@gmx.de> [110528 00:31]:
> Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> [11-05-28 06:40]:
> > meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote:
> > >
> > >:))))
> > >
> > >How can I accomplish tagging on base of the contents of the mail
> > >with the mailreader mutt?
> > >
> > >Best regards,
> > >mcc
> > >
> > >
> > >   
> > 
> > Let's see if this helps:
> > 
> > http://www.mutt.org/doc/manual/manual.html#toc2.3
> > 
> > Should be more applicable to your needs.  ;-)   I have never used mutt 
> > but have been known to use Google on occasion, with good results 
> > results if I am lucky.
> > 
> > Dale
> > 
> > :-)  :-)
> > 
> 
> Yes, Dale, I tried that before. "T tage mail matching a pattern" does
> not what I seems to be: It matches only against the subject line.
> This was the reason, why I asked here...
> 
> Best regards,
> mcc
> 

Hi mcc,

What are you using for a pattern?

If I want to find pineapple anywhere in the message then I press 'T' and
then '~B pineapple'

There are lots of other '~' selectors.  I use ~f quite often to find
mail from a specific address.

If you want space you need to escape them or enclose the whole pattern
in quotes.

Todd

Re: [gentoo-user] mutt: Tagging on the contents of mails

[Willie Wong]

On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 08:01:00AM -0400, Todd Goodman wrote:
> > 
> > Yes, Dale, I tried that before. "T tage mail matching a pattern" does
> > not what I seems to be: It matches only against the subject line.
> > This was the reason, why I asked here...
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > mcc
> > 
> 
> Hi mcc,
> 
> What are you using for a pattern?
> 
> If I want to find pineapple anywhere in the message then I press 'T' and
> then '~B pineapple'
> 
> There are lots of other '~' selectors.  I use ~f quite often to find
> mail from a specific address.
> 
> If you want space you need to escape them or enclose the whole pattern
> in quotes.
> 

The applicable manual page is this:

http://www.mutt.org/doc/manual/manual-4.html#patterns

W
-- 
Willie W. Wong                                     wwong@math.princeton.edu
Data aequatione quotcunque fluentes quantitae involvente fluxiones invenire 
         et vice versa   ~~~  I. Newton

Re: [gentoo-user] mutt: Tagging on the contents of mails

[Indi]

On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 07:10:02AM +0200, meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote:
> Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> [11-05-28 06:40]:
> > meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote:
> > >
> > >:))))
> > >
> > >How can I accomplish tagging on base of the contents of the mail
> > >with the mailreader mutt?
> > >
> > >Best regards,
> > >mcc
> > >
> > >
> > >   
> > 
> > Let's see if this helps:
> > 
> > http://www.mutt.org/doc/manual/manual.html#toc2.3
> > 
> > Should be more applicable to your needs.  ;-)   I have never used mutt 
> > but have been known to use Google on occasion, with good results 
> > results if I am lucky.
> > 
> > Dale
> > 
> > :-)  :-)
> > 
> 
> Yes, Dale, I tried that before. "T tage mail matching a pattern" does
> not what I seems to be: It matches only against the subject line.
> This was the reason, why I asked here...
> 

You might look into mairix, I haven't used it but it's supposed 
to be capable of indexing and searching message cotent. Perhaps 
a macro using mairix would do the trick?

-- 
caveat utilitor
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Re: [gentoo-user] mutt: Tagging on the contents of mails

[Indi]

On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 05:00:02AM +0200, meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>  is there any way to mark mails as tagged based on the contents 
>  of the body of the mails?
> 
>  Thank you very much for any help in advance!
>  Best regards,
>  mcc

Inspired by your question I ended up configuring offlineimap and 
mairix for use in mutt, it seems to be working pretty well.
This site has some good stuff on setting up mairix: 

http://linsec.ca/Using_mutt_on_OS_X 

aimed at OS X users, but it's the same other than file paths.

-- 
caveat utilitor
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