On Tuesday 12 September 2006 10:14, you wrote: > So do you or someone else know of a command line mail reader where I can > scan my mails for some criteria? > > I know I can search mails e.g. with thunderbird. But I want to do it with > shell scripts under linux to make some evaluations and generate lists. Fetchmail can connect to a IMAP server and pull the mail down to a mbox or maildir. This is probably the most general thing. Mail can then be manipulated with local tools. wt -- Warren Turkal, Research Associate III/Systems Administrator Colorado State University, Dept. of Atmospheric Science ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html