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From: Istvan Marko <notmuch@kismala.com>
To: Stewart Smith <stewart@flamingspork.com>
Subject: Re: storing From and Subject in xapian
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Stewart Smith <stewart@flamingspork.com> writes:

> Would it be possible to progressively fill the DB with the new data?
>
> i.e.
>
> if Subject/From not in db for message
>    add Subject/From for this message to DB.

I started looking into this but then realized that notmuch search opens
the database in read-only mode so it cannot make updates. It might be
desirable to keep it that way for safety and locking reasons.

-- 
	Istvan