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@ -47,15 +47,17 @@ a.menu:hover {color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline; }
<h2><a name="welcome">welcome to mu</a></h2> <h2><a name="welcome">welcome to mu</a></h2>
<p>For many people, e-mail is the 'flow' in their work-flow. One one spends <p>For many people, e-mail is the 'flow' in their work-flow. One spends
a <em>lot</em> of time searching for old e-mails, to dig up some important a <em>lot</em> of time searching for old e-mails, digging up some important
piece of information. With people having tens of thousands of e-mails (or piece of information. With people having tens of thousands of e-mails (or
more), this is becoming harder and harder. How to find that one message in the more), this is becoming harder and harder. How to find that one message in the
evergrowing information haystack? evergrowing information haystack?
<p>Enter <strong>mu</strong>. 'mu' is a set of command-line tools for <p>Enter <strong>mu</strong>. 'mu' is a set of command-line tools for
Linux/Unix that enable you to quickly find the e-mails you are looking for, Linux/Unix that enable you to quickly find the e-mails you are looking for.
assuming that you store your e-mails in Maildirs (e-mail directories). The main requirement is that you store your e-mails <strong>in
Maildirs</strong>. If you have no idea what 'Maildirs' are, you are probably
not using them.
<h3>how does it work?</h3> <h3>how does it work?</h3>
@ -68,7 +70,7 @@ faster. <tt>mu</tt> indexes your mail with the <tt>index</tt> command:
</pre> </pre>
It tries to pick reasonable defaults, but you can specify your own options as It tries to pick reasonable defaults, but you can specify your own options as
well. You could run <tt>mu index</tt> periodically to keep your database well. You could run <tt>mu index</tt> periodically to keep your database
up-to-date. Or you could trigger it after new mails has arrived. up-to-date. Or you could trigger it when new mails have arrived.
<p>After building the database, it's easy to search for messages. For example: <p>After building the database, it's easy to search for messages. For example:
<ul> <ul>
@ -103,16 +105,17 @@ message priority as well:
</ul> </ul>
<p>Searches are case-insensitive as well as 'accent insensitive' (version 0.9 <p>Searches are case-insensitive as well as 'accent insensitive' (version 0.9
and up); so <i>angStroM</i> will match <i>Ångström</i>. and up); so <i>angStroM</i> will match <i>Ångström</i>. Often-used queries
can be stored in bookmarks file.
<p>The way to express the searches may be a bit cryptic at first, but easy to <p>The way to express the searches may be a bit cryptic at first, but easy to
learn (in the author's biased opinion); the mu manpages discuss syntax and learn (in the author's biased opinion); the mu manpages discuss syntax and
usage. There is also the <tt>mu-easy</tt> man-page which contains a lot of usage. There is also the <tt>mu-easy</tt> man-page which contains a lot of
simple examples to get you going. simple examples to get you going.
<p>NOTE: while searching from the command-line is sometimes useful, mu is most <p>NOTE: while searching from the command-line is useful, mu can also easily
easily used when integrated with an e-mail program. The documentation includes be integrated with some e-mail clients. The documentation includes examples
examples for integration with <em>mutt</em> and <em>Wanderlust</em>. for integration with <em>mutt</em> and <em>Wanderlust</em>.
<p><strong>mu</strong> is <em>Free Software</em> (GPLv3), runs on <p><strong>mu</strong> is <em>Free Software</em> (GPLv3), runs on
Unix/Linux-based systems, and uses the <a href="http://www.xapian.org" Unix/Linux-based systems, and uses the <a href="http://www.xapian.org"
@ -122,18 +125,22 @@ href="http://www.qmail.org/qmail-manual-html/man5/maildir.html" >maildirs</a>
<h2><a name="mug" >mug</a><a href="mug-full.png"><img src="mug-thumb.png" <h2><a name="mug" >mug</a><a href="mug-full.png"><img src="mug-thumb.png"
align="right" border="0"></a></h2> align="right" border="0"></a></h2>
Starting with version 0.9, there is now a simple UI called <tt>mug</tt>. It Starting with version 0.9, there is now a
started as a little experiment, but it seems to be useful enough to simple UI called <tt>mug</tt>. It started as a little experiment, but it seems
include. Usage should be straigthforward. to be useful enough to include. Usage should be straigthforward.
<p>The longer-term goal is to have a bit more complete graphical user-interface; <p>The longer-term goal is to have a bit more complete graphical
for the time being, <tt>mug</tt> seems to work fine. user-interface; for the time being, <tt>mug</tt> seems to work fine.
<p>If you have defined bookmarks, mug will show them in the toolbar on the left <p>If you have defined bookmarks, mug will show them in the toolbar on the left
side of the <tt>mug</tt>-window, as can be seen in the screenshot. side of the <tt>mug</tt>-window, as can be seen in the screenshot.
<h2><a name="news" >news</a></h2> <h2><a name="news" >news</a></h2>
<ul> <ul>
<li>[2010-12-04] <strong>mu version 0.9</strong> released. Compared to the
bèta-release, there were a number of improvements to the documentation and
the unit tests. Pre-processing queries is a little bit smarter now, making
matching e-mail address more eager. Experimental support for Fedora-14.
<li>[2010-11-27] <strong>mu version 0.9-beta</strong> released. New <li>[2010-11-27] <strong>mu version 0.9-beta</strong> released. New
features: searching is now accent-insensitive; you can now search for features: searching is now accent-insensitive; you can now search for
message priority (<tt>prio:</tt>), time-interval (<tt>date:</tt>) and message priority (<tt>prio:</tt>), time-interval (<tt>date:</tt>) and
@ -255,12 +262,10 @@ License</a> (GPL), version 3 or later.
The mu source code is available <a href="http://gitorious.org/mu/mu-ng">in The mu source code is available <a href="http://gitorious.org/mu/mu-ng">in
Gitorious</a>; get it from there: Gitorious</a>; get it from there:
<pre> <pre>
$ git clone git://gitorious.org/mu/mu-ng.git $ git clone git://gitorious.org/mu/mu-ng.git
</pre> </pre>
This is the source code for future versions of mu; there are tags
This is the source code for future versions of mu; there are branches and tags
for released versions. If you're not planning on getting involved in the for released versions. If you're not planning on getting involved in the
development of mu, it is recommended you use the actual releases. The git development of mu, it is recommended you use the actual releases. The git
version, in particular the 'master' branch, may break at times. version, in particular the 'master' branch, may break at times.