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| DATE | 2007-11-17 |
| FROM | Kevin Mark
|
| SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Website Updates
|
On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 05:47:51PM -0500, Ruben Safir wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 09:00:50PM -0500, Kevin Mark wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 06:32:01PM -0500, Ruben Safir wrote:
> > > I'm busy rewriting a lot of the functionality of the NYLXS and the Freeom-IT
> > > websites. It's been a bit longer to do that I thought, much because of the
> > > first step is parsing all the old mail boxes I have and pulling out all the
> > > HANGOUT mailings to store in a database. This is well over 700,000 lines of
> > > data (thanks for the binaries in the mail guys!).
> > >
> > > This makes testing go slower than I'd like and the large sample is important
> > > for the purpose of shaking out my regex routines on the From lines in the
> > > mboxes.
> > Whats the problem with parsing email from mail boxes into a database?
> >
>
>
> Nothing that evolution and thunderbird doesn't also fail to do. That's why the
> mail is in an archive. No standard graphic email program can handle the bulk
> of my mail files. Just mutt.
>
> Ruben
>
You do know that there are mbox-handeling function/modules for almost
every language includig perl? So why reinvent the wheel? And why would
you use a GUI or even non-gui MUA to process mail?
-K
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