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+From: David Bremner <david@tethera.net>\r
+To: Stu <stu.axon@gmail.com>, notmuch@notmuchmail.org\r
+Subject: Re: Use notmuch with thunderbird ?\r
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+Stu <stu.axon@gmail.com> writes:\r
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+> Hi all,\r
+> I use thunderbird to download mail from gmail with imap... this appears\r
+> in\r
+>\r
+> .thunderbird/ckw5sbm3.default/ImapMail/imap.googlemail.com/[Google Mail].sbd\r
+>\r
+>\r
+> All Mail Bin Drafts Important Sent Mail Spam\r
+> Starred\r
+> All Mail.msf Bin.msf Drafts.msf Important.msf Sent Mail.msf Spam.msf\r
+> Starred.msf\r
+>\r
+>\r
+> I'm guessing these are all mbox files - is it safe to use notmuch with\r
+> these ?\r
+\r
+Notmuch needs one message per file. I have vague memory that maybe\r
+thunderbird optionally supports Maildir, which would be perfect for\r
+notmuch.\r
+\r
+d\r