Re: Possible Thunderbird Backend

["D Bera" <dbera web gmail com>]

Phew! Good to know that it isnt anything cryptic. In fact
GMime.Message already has a way of getting the file offset for
messages (in fact, the file offset is used explicitly for mbox files
in evo/kmail backend).
If anybody wants to cheer up a lot of unhappy souls (including his/her
own), this is a good time.

- dBera

On 3/23/06, Kevin Kubasik <kevin kubasik net> wrote:
> Ok, thanks to some help from Ron White over at
> moz.dev.apps.thunderbird, apperently that number is the byte offset
> where the message starts in the file. Talk about making this easy....
>
> Cheers,
> Kevin Kubasik
>
> On 3/22/06, Kevin Kubasik <kevin kubasik net> wrote:
> > 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
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Cheers,
> > Kevin Kubasik
> > http://blog.kubasik.net/
> >
>
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Kevin Kubasik
> http://blog.kubasik.net/
>


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Debajyoti Bera @ http://dbera.blogspot.com
beagle / KDE fan
Mandriva / Inspiron-1100 user