Re: Possible Thunderbird Backend

["Kevin Kubasik" <kevin kubasik net>]

Yeah, i found the mork files, when people say they are impossible to
parse, they mean it. I can't seem to even find the number anywhere in
the file. I'll continue to play, but I have used most of my cards,
probably am gonna need someone else to lend a hand if they have
thunderbird installed and a free moment. (or just more time to nag
people over at irc.mozilla.org until we find someone who actually
works on this component of the code)

Cheers,
Kevin Kubasik

On 3/22/06, D Bera <dbera web gmail com> wrote:
> Some of the commands are mentioned here:
> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.mozilla.devel.unix/3775
>
> Maybe the ids are mapping stored in the "infamous" mork files :) (like
> the evo summary files). Look for non-mbox files in the mail store.
>
> > From my rooting around, I have still been unable to extract or locate
> > how the number variable is determined. If someone wants to give me a
> > hand, once we find where that number comes from, its easy from there.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Kevin Kubasik
> >
> > On 3/22/06, D Bera <dbera web gmail com> wrote:
> > > > I know this has been brought up several times in the past, and has
> > > > generally been rejected, but I have managed to dig up an interesting
> > > > (and relevant) tidbit.
> > > >
> > > > Thunderbird does support a URL scheme to open mails from the command
> > > > line. Most of this was me poking around random code/irc but lo and
> > > > behold the Thunderbird URL scheme.
> > > >
> > > > mozilla-thunderbird
> > > > mailbox:///home/kevin/.mozilla-thunderbird/3982yzw2.default/Mail/Local\
> > > > Folders/Sent?number=4614
> > > >
> > > > (My sample, IMAP is 10 times harder, but it seems doable)
> > > >
> > > > It basically references the file directly, and then includes the
> > > > message number/id (I don't have any specific terminology on this)
> > > >
> > > > My issue to date has been determining the message ID based upon the
> > > > mbox file. I plan on continuing my search, but I wanted to share what
> > > > I had for anyone who wanted to help etc.
> > >
> > > Wonderful discovery ! The count or the id (generally the id for mbox message
> > > is the first line of the message saying "From ...", _not_ the header "From:")
> > > can be used to create the uris. Modulo some details, its pretty much
> > > copy/pasting from the evo-mail backend to get a thunderbird backend. (Details
> > > like deletion of messages etc. can be handled later).
>
> --
> -----------------------------------------------------
> Debajyoti Bera @ http://dbera.blogspot.com
> beagle / KDE fan
> Mandriva / Inspiron-1100 user
>


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Cheers,
Kevin Kubasik
http://blog.kubasik.net/