--- /dev/null
+Return-Path: <dme@dme.org>\r
+X-Original-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org\r
+Delivered-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org\r
+Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1])\r
+ by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56C0A431FB6\r
+ for <notmuch@notmuchmail.org>; Mon, 15 Sep 2014 06:49:25 -0700 (PDT)\r
+X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org\r
+X-Spam-Flag: NO\r
+X-Spam-Score: -0.7\r
+X-Spam-Level: \r
+X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.7 tagged_above=-999 required=5\r
+ tests=[RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7] autolearn=disabled\r
+Received: from olra.theworths.org ([127.0.0.1])\r
+ by localhost (olra.theworths.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024)\r
+ with ESMTP id 8mtaLDqWpE5t for <notmuch@notmuchmail.org>;\r
+ Mon, 15 Sep 2014 06:49:20 -0700 (PDT)\r
+Received: from mail-wi0-f178.google.com (mail-wi0-f178.google.com\r
+ [209.85.212.178]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits))\r
+ (No client certificate requested)\r
+ by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 61A68431FAE\r
+ for <notmuch@notmuchmail.org>; Mon, 15 Sep 2014 06:49:20 -0700 (PDT)\r
+Received: by mail-wi0-f178.google.com with SMTP id ho1so4220441wib.5\r
+ for <notmuch@notmuchmail.org>; Mon, 15 Sep 2014 06:49:18 -0700 (PDT)\r
+X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed;\r
+ d=1e100.net; s=20130820;\r
+ h=x-gm-message-state:to:subject:in-reply-to:references:user-agent\r
+ :from:date:message-id:mime-version:content-type;\r
+ bh=5InkWHwQwvapJBeWtuv/koIeOZPrnHRfgo0pDnuTwxg=;\r
+ b=JO1y/YKmrdjq7bBq8E1LPLUoQFBDvIDgFxFsnaT/I4IytJuvY5S54TBt1CIxyFRaL8\r
+ Ea+io2BEmfaGjaauXpryF2RrCxZRvIxbv2CPr3bt3Grf3Rok16o4140PWIOI2p4L8U0h\r
+ KHO8aSGqaSqu3HMq3oxhZf/VeEsfr9+oLlldKNc2RSs24jCbL1VPGn4UDQs8zIXbb7OP\r
+ HnL77cdDs9X6gycCb+x5vEabMDbaxAXREic43BJf55lPOokGG7LXE7NsGhhybjmCV6wT\r
+ cgrjwM3Jw1vbdsexMVESLY6ge+2eEVdcRkW2eFHkJsuiwju5aS0BtjYK6p5Ivi45Dz2k\r
+ ZX5w==\r
+X-Gm-Message-State:\r
+ ALoCoQm/58+UoTxOdkLAYr7jhymnV7kiRSnPUHZIVXJw1BLyso62uHA6r0ajIPSnjIWYY3r7196G\r
+X-Received: by 10.180.75.229 with SMTP id f5mr3009119wiw.81.1410788957810;\r
+ Mon, 15 Sep 2014 06:49:17 -0700 (PDT)\r
+Received: from localhost ([2a01:348:1a2:1:f00a:9c2f:b998:3319])\r
+ by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id xm4sm11750417wib.9.2014.09.15.06.49.17\r
+ for <notmuch@notmuchmail.org>\r
+ (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128);\r
+ Mon, 15 Sep 2014 06:49:17 -0700 (PDT)\r
+To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org\r
+Subject: Re: multiple machine tagging\r
+In-Reply-To: <87vdaj2d4p.fsf@ut.hh.sledj.net>\r
+References: <87vdaj2d4p.fsf@ut.hh.sledj.net>\r
+User-Agent: Notmuch/0.18.1 (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/24.3.1\r
+ (x86_64-apple-darwin)\r
+From: David Edmondson <dme@dme.org>\r
+Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 14:49:16 +0100\r
+Message-ID: <m2bnqhkn8j.fsf@fenchurch.hh.sledj.net>\r
+MIME-Version: 1.0\r
+Content-Type: text/plain\r
+X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org\r
+X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13\r
+Precedence: list\r
+List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system."\r
+ <notmuch.notmuchmail.org>\r
+List-Unsubscribe: <http://notmuchmail.org/mailman/options/notmuch>,\r
+ <mailto:notmuch-request@notmuchmail.org?subject=unsubscribe>\r
+List-Archive: <http://notmuchmail.org/pipermail/notmuch>\r
+List-Post: <mailto:notmuch@notmuchmail.org>\r
+List-Help: <mailto:notmuch-request@notmuchmail.org?subject=help>\r
+List-Subscribe: <http://notmuchmail.org/mailman/listinfo/notmuch>,\r
+ <mailto:notmuch-request@notmuchmail.org?subject=subscribe>\r
+X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 13:49:25 -0000\r
+\r
+On Thu, May 20 2010, David Edmondson wrote:\r
+(Wow, was it really more than four years ago?)\r
+\r
+> What's the current state of the art in merging tags from multiple\r
+> machines?\r
+>\r
+> In my own case the contents of the mail store can be considered\r
+> identical on the different machines. Automated tagging is mostly fine\r
+> - it can just happen on each of the machines. Any hand-added tags are\r
+> a problem, though.\r
+\r
+Is there any significant change to this picture?\r
+\r
+I've been backing up my tags using 'notmuch dump' and a simple "newest\r
+wins" merge (so that I don't lose tags for messages that are not in the\r
+database at the time of the dump) followed by git.\r
+\r
+This is okay for a backup solution (I've needed it a couple of times!),\r
+but not ideal for a multi-machine environment.\r