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I use mutt for that which modifies local maildir so it's super fast. Commands are: "D~=$". Then it's just a matter of syncing local changes back e.g. with mbsync.

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Thanks. I suppose I should take another look at mutt. When I have in the past it's seemed a bit overwhelming with features & config. Does that command remove dupes in a single folder or a hierarchy?

It works in a single folder only. It's actually a set of the following commands:

  - D tells mutt to delete messages by pattern
  - ~= is pattern which selects all the dupes in current folder
  - $ finalizes the command

I think this [1] is where I learned about it and there's also a handy folder hook for mutt which automatically removes duplicates when you open the folder.

[1]: http://promberger.info/linux/2008/03/31/mutt-delete-duplicat...

Thanks. Could prove useful.

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