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Projektlinks

• Homepage
• Upstream-Dokumentation
• Paketmanager-Seite

Befehle und Aliase

• mairix

Projektgeschichte

The official README identifies Richard P. Curnow as the original author and dates the original copyright period to 2002-2004. It also says Kim Vandry has maintained the project since 2017, matching the current GitHub repository location.

The NEWS file shows mairix growing from a local maildir/MH search tool into a broader mail search utility. Version 0.4 added MH folder support, 0.12 added mbox indexing and output, 0.17 notes a migration to Git for revision control, and version 0.24 added remote IMAP folder support.

Adoptionsgeschichte

Upstream positions mairix as a complement to mail readers such as mutt and Sylpheed, because searches produce a match folder that normal mail clients can open. That workflow made mairix attractive to users who wanted fast local search without changing their main terminal mail client.

The README notes a mairix-users mailing list available since July 2006, and the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS file lists a broad patch and suggestion history. That is modest, but real, evidence of a small long-lived user and contributor community.

Wie es verwendet wird

mairix indexes configured mail folders into a database, then search mode creates a match folder containing symlinks or copied messages, depending on the source and result folder formats. It can also print raw matches or excerpts for scripts.

Configuration lives in $HOME/.mairixrc unless overridden with -f or --rcfile. The mairixrc manual documents required base, mfolder, database, and folder directives, plus optional IMAP settings including imap_username and imap_password.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

mairix is a classic small Unix mail tool: narrow job, plain text configuration, fast incremental indexing, and output designed to compose with existing mail clients. It is especially notable for supporting several old mailbox formats without insisting on a new mail store.

For package maintainers, mairix sits in the same ecosystem as mutt, MH/nmh-style folders, Sylpheed, Claws Mail, and Gnus. Its value is less about being a full mail app and more about being the search engine you can bolt onto one.

Zeitleiste

• 2002-2004: Original Richard P. Curnow copyright period documented in README.
• 2006: mairix-users mailing list is documented as available since July 2006.
• 2007: NEWS for version 0.17 notes migration to Git revision control.
• 2017: README says maintenance passed to Kim Vandry; GitHub release 0.24 is dated August 13, 2017.

Related projects

• mutt is named by the README as a useful companion mail program.
• Sylpheed is named by the README as a useful companion mail program.
• Claws Mail, Evolution, Gnus, and xmh appear in the manpage as supported MH-family folder variants.

Quellen

• https://github.com/vandry/mairix
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vandry/mairix/master/ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vandry/mairix/master/NEWS
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vandry/mairix/master/README
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vandry/mairix/master/mairix.1
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vandry/mairix/master/mairixrc.5