From: David Bremner <david@tethera.net>
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2015 09:39:34 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: Re: Enabling and disabling maildir.synchronize_flags
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Re: Enabling and disabling maildir.synchronize_flags
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+From: David Bremner <david@tethera.net>
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+Subject: Re: Enabling and disabling maildir.synchronize_flags
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+dm-list-email-notmuch@scs.stanford.edu writes:
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+> It seems that disabling it should simply be safe.  But re-enabling, one
+> risks losing tags, as the next notmuch new will cause old maildir flags
+> to override the xapian database.  So that suggests something like:
+>
+>    notmuch dump > backup
+>    notmuch config set maildir.synchronize_flags false
+>    # Do I need to run notmuch new here?
+>    notmuch restore < backup
+
+Hi David;
+
+Sorry about the long delay. I'm not sure I follow the connection between
+your paragraph above and the the example. The example seems safe, but as
+you say, disabling synching should bs safe anyway.
+
+d