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<p dir="auto">On 18 May 2015, at 10:38, Max Rydahl Andersen wrote:</p>
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<p dir="auto">I noticed the spotlight functions are in latest alpha. Needed to try it out ;)</p>
<p dir="auto">FYI: I did the symbolic link thing, putting it in ~/Messages.</p>
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<p dir="auto">For the record, I'm working on making this easier via a GUI setting since I don't really want anyone doing this manually.</p>
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<p dir="auto">...at what time can I expect it to start showing up in spotlight results ?</p>
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<p dir="auto">In theory, OS X should start indexing as soon as MailMate has been launched and the Spotlight importer has been detected.</p>
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<p dir="auto">Any special keywords I need to use to have the search kick in ?</p>
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<p dir="auto">No. MailMate parsers text content of plain text body parts and the address headers. That should make it possible to make a search such as:</p>
<pre><code>author:benny recipient:max spotlight
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<p dir="auto">But I'm actually not sure exactly how the Spotlight syntax works. Documentation seems to be scattered or I haven't found the correct link yet. Here is one interesting <a href="https://support.apple.com/kb/PH14172?locale=en_US">link</a>.</p>
<p dir="auto">You can also search via the command line using <code>mdfind</code> or see what has been indexed for a given file using <code>mdls</code>. </p>
<p dir="auto">-- <br>
Benny</p>
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