cwebber@earlgrey:~/devel/mediagoblin$ mu msgs-per-year  --query="date:2005...2014 AND NOT (maildir:/Spam OR maildir:/sent-to-misc)"


  80000 ++-+------+------+-----+------+------+------+-----+------+------+-++
        |  +      +      +  "/tmp/filefa5UR6" using 2:xticlabels(1) ****** |
  70000 ++                                       *******     ********     ++
        |                                        *     *     **     *      |
  60000 ++                                       *     *     **     *     ++
        |                                 ********     *     **     *      |
  50000 ++                                *     **     *     **     *     ++
        |                                 *     **     *     **     ********
  40000 ++                                *     **     *     **     **    +*
        |                                 *     **     *     **     **     *
        |                                 *     **     *     **     **     *
  30000 ++                         ********     **     *     **     **    +*
        |                          *     **     **     *     **     **     *
  20000 ++                         *     **     **     *     **     **    +*
        |                          *     **     **     *     **     **     *
  10000 ++     *******             *     **     **     *     **     **    +*
        ********  +  *   +  ********  +  **  +  **  +  *  +  **  +  **  +  *
      0 ********************************************************************
         2005   2006   2007  2008   2009   2010   2011  2012   2013   2014
                                       Year

cwebber@earlgrey:~/devel/mediagoblin$ mu msgs-per-year  --query="maildir:/sent-to-misc"


                 Messages per year matching maildir:/sent-to-misc

  2500 ++-+------+------+------+------+-----+------+------+------+------+-++
       |  +      +      +   "/tmp/filecLaWOi" using 2:xticlabels(1) ****** |
       |                                               *******             |
  2000 ++                                              *     *            ++
       |                                               *     *             |
       |                                        ********     *             |
       |                                        *     **     *             |
  1500 ++                                       *     **     ********     ++
       |                                        *     **     **     *      |
       |                                        *     **     **     *      |
  1000 ++                                       *     **     **     *     ++
       |                           **************     **     **     ********
       |                           *     *     **     **     **     **     *
       |                           *     *     **     **     **     **     *
   500 ++                   ********     *     **     **     **     **    +*
       *******              *     **     *     **     **     **     **     *
       *  +  ****************  +  **  +  *  +  **  +  **  +  **  +  **  +  *
     0 *********************************************************************
        2005   2006   2007   2008   2009  2010   2011   2012   2013   2014
                                       Year

Not sure what those extra asterisks are or why it's spitting out the filenames... not perfect graphs, but kind of cool to look at. The first one is email I receive, second one is email I sent.

Notably, I've peaked at both in 2012. That's reasonable... I left CC in 2012 to work on MediaGoblin full time, so I stopped sending/receiving CC email. (I also started at CC in 2009, but became more manager'y through end of 2011->2012, more emails sent!)

Cool fact: these are builtin scripts, but scripted with mu's guile bindings. I haven't played with them yet but looks like you can do fun things.

Lastly, this is curious:

cwebber@earlgrey:~/devel/mediagoblin$ mu msgs-per-month --query="maildir:/sent-to-misc"
;;; note: auto-compilation is enabled, set GUILE_AUTO_COMPILE=0
;;;       or pass the --no-auto-compile argument to disable.
;;; compiling /usr/share/mu/scripts//msgs-per-month.scm
;;; compiled /home/cwebber/.cache/guile/ccache/2.0-LE-8-2.0/usr/share/mu/scripts/msgs-per-month.scm.go


                Messages per month matching maildir:/sent-to-misc

  950 ++-+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-++
      |  +     +    +     + "/tmp/filema91Nu" using 2:xticlabels(1) ****** |
  900 ++                     ******                                       ++
      |                      *    *                                        |
  850 ++                     *    *******                                 ++
      |           ************    **    *                 ******           |
  800 ++          *    **    *    **    *                 *    *          ++
      |           *    **    *    **    *                 *    *******     |
  750 ++          *    **    *    **    *******           *    **    *    ++
      |           *    **    *    **    **    *     *******    **    *     |
      |           *    **    *    **    **    *******    **    **    *     |
  700 ++          *    **    *    **    **    **    *    **    **    *    ++
      |           *    **    *    **    **    **    *    **    **    *     |
  650 ++    *******    **    *    **    **    **    *    **    **    *    ++
      |     *    **    **    *    **    **    **    *    **    **    *     |
  600 *******    **    **    *    **    **    **    *    **    **    *******
      *  + **  + ** +  ** +  *  + **  + ** +  ** +  *  + **  + ** +  ** +  *
  550 **********************************************************************
        Jan   Feb  Mar   Apr   May   Jun  Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct  Nov   Dec
                                      Month

Looks like I'm half as talkative towards the start/end of the year as I am otherwise. Huh.