https://github.com/morgant/claws-mail-find_all_copies

A Claws Mail 'Action' script to find all copies of a selected message within a locally synchronized IMAP account
https://github.com/morgant/claws-mail-find_all_copies

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A Claws Mail 'Action' script to find all copies of a selected message within a locally synchronized IMAP account

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/morgant/claws-mail-find_all_copies
• Owner: morgant
• License: mit
• Created: 2024-10-04T03:39:40.000Z (3 months ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-10-08T00:06:17.000Z (3 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-12-07T05:07:17.432Z (29 days ago)
• Topics: action, claws-mail, duplicate-detection, imap, imap-client, script
• Language: Shell
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• Size: 4.88 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# claws-mail-find_all_copies

by Morgan Aldridge 

## OVERVIEW

The "Find All Copies" script is an 'Action' script for [Claws Mail](https://claws-mail.org/) which, when run on a specific message, will find all messages in the same IMAP account with the same `Message-ID` header. This can be helpful if using a Gmail account via IMAP, as Gmail implements 'Labels' (i.e. tags) as standard IMAP folders with copies of an individual message in each. It can also help if you've migrated a Gmail account to another IMAP account and want to use IMAP folders in a similar manner. It's also useful in helping you identify where you might have copied a particular message within your IMAP account.

**IMPORTANT:** _This project is very much a work-in-progress and developed specifically for my needs. Use at your own risk!_

### Prerequisites

* An IMAP account synchronized for offline use

* An 'Action' configured to execute the `find_all_copies` script

* Preferably fast storage to improve search time

### Limitations

* It can only search for copies of a single message

* It only supports IMAP accounts (though could be modified to support POP & local MH accounts)

* It cannot find messages that have not yet been downloaded from the IMAP server and stored locally

* It cannot search across multiple accounts

* It's slow as it has to process _all_ messages in the IMAP account (this is despite optimizations to ensure that only the message headers are parsed)

## USAGE

_TBD_

## REFERENCE

* [Claws Mail FAQ: Actions](https://claws-mail.org/faq/index.php/Actions)

* [Claws Mail FAQ: Using Claws Mail with other programs](https://claws-mail.org/faq/index.php/Using_Claws_Mail_with_other_programs)

* [Wikipedia: MH Message Handling System](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MH_Message_Handling_System)

## LICENSE

Released under the [MIT License](LICENSE).