Sortmail Page

The Sorting and Archiving Email Page

Page last updated: 27 December 1998

In the August 1998 Toolman article, various tools are discussed that support a methodology for archiving email and searching the archives. In particular, email mailboxes can be sorted and stored by year/month. Some other related tools are also surveyed. The article, titled ``Toolman: Sorting and Archiving Email,'' appears in the August 1998 issue of the USENIX Association's ;login: magazine.

The following are available:

sortmail:
The sortmail program -- Bourne shell script [25 KB].
sortmail.man:
The ``man'' page, troff format [9 KB].
sortmail.ps:
The ``man'' page, PostScript format [20 KB].

decomposemail:
The decomposemail program -- Bourne shell script [18 KB].
decomposemail.man:
The ``man'' page, troff format [6 KB].
decomposemail.ps:
The ``man'' page, PostScript format [14 KB].

recomposemail:
The recomposemail program -- Bourne shell script [10 KB].
recomposemail.man:
The ``man'' page, troff format [7 KB].
recomposemail.ps:
The ``man'' page, PostScript format [16 KB].

article.html:
The ;login: article in html.
article.text:
The ;login: article in plain ASCII text format [13 KB].
article.pdf:
The ;login: article in PDF format [90 KB].
article.ps.gz:
The ;login: article in gzipped PostScript format [239 KB].

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