From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: by 10.204.20.129 with SMTP id f1cs80494bkb; Wed, 22 Sep 2010 11:46:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.100.56.7 with SMTP id e7mr646285ana.126.1285181200927; Wed, 22 Sep 2010 11:46:40 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: Received: from rubyforge.org (rubyforge.org [205.234.109.19]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id a1si23704621ana.50.2010.09.22.11.46.40; Wed, 22 Sep 2010 11:46:40 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of sup-talk-bounces@rubyforge.org designates 205.234.109.19 as permitted sender) client-ip=205.234.109.19; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of sup-talk-bounces@rubyforge.org designates 205.234.109.19 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=sup-talk-bounces@rubyforge.org Received: from rubyforge.org (rubyforge.org [127.0.0.1]) by rubyforge.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38A7D19783CE; Wed, 22 Sep 2010 14:46:40 -0400 (EDT) Received: from dmz-mailsec-scanner-3.mit.edu (DMZ-MAILSEC-SCANNER-3.MIT.EDU [18.9.25.14]) by rubyforge.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D68451678316 for ; Wed, 22 Sep 2010 14:35:22 -0400 (EDT) X-AuditID: 1209190e-b7b91ae0000068d0-c3-4c9a4c6d8e40 Received: from mailhub-auth-3.mit.edu ( [18.9.21.43]) by dmz-mailsec-scanner-3.mit.edu (Symantec Brightmail Gateway) with SMTP id 9B.F0.26832.D6C4A9C4; Wed, 22 Sep 2010 14:35:26 -0400 (EDT) Received: from outgoing.mit.edu (OUTGOING-AUTH.MIT.EDU [18.7.22.103]) by mailhub-auth-3.mit.edu (8.13.8/8.9.2) with ESMTP id o8MIZMTn003141; Wed, 22 Sep 2010 14:35:22 -0400 Received: from localhost (ool-44c4de0a.dyn.optonline.net [68.196.222.10]) (authenticated bits=0) (User authenticated as ezyang@ATHENA.MIT.EDU) by outgoing.mit.edu (8.13.6/8.12.4) with ESMTP id o8MIZKAu001544; Wed, 22 Sep 2010 14:35:21 -0400 (EDT) From: "Edward Z. Yang" To: Michael Stipicevic In-reply-to: References: Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 14:35:20 -0400 Message-Id: <1285180485-sup-7603@ezyang> User-Agent: Sup/git X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAgCq+KkWG/Gx Cc: sup-talk Subject: Re: [sup-talk] archive all messages before a certain date? X-BeenThere: sup-talk@rubyforge.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: User & developer discussion of Sup List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: sup-talk-bounces@rubyforge.org Errors-To: sup-talk-bounces@rubyforge.org Excerpts from Michael Stipicevic's message of Wed Sep 22 14:18:30 -0400 2010: > I'm not sure if this is on the web anywhere (I've tried a few searches and > not much came up): what is the most straightforward way to archive all > messages before a certain date? I just loaded up a huge mail store and want > to archive everything before, say, March this year. I've tried various > combinations of chronic commands and the 'g' to tag threads but I'm not > getting anywhere. Also, sup seems built to *toggle* threads rather than > force them to a certain state (+inbox or -inbox). Any ideas? The best strategy I've found is to dump the inbox, do a manual search replace on the appropriate range of the inbox tag, and then load it back up again. Edward _______________________________________________ sup-talk mailing list sup-talk@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/sup-talk