From: Perttu Luukko Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2014 06:52:20 +0000 (+0300) Subject: Re: How to debug 'ignoring non-mail file' issues X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=4f163d3130de83a896d59390780187713558c606;p=notmuch-archives.git Re: How to debug 'ignoring non-mail file' issues --- diff --git a/fe/473fddc0b904d1c321579c534fc0d4e0bd672e b/fe/473fddc0b904d1c321579c534fc0d4e0bd672e new file mode 100644 index 000000000..2e0cdcd89 --- /dev/null +++ b/fe/473fddc0b904d1c321579c534fc0d4e0bd672e @@ -0,0 +1,88 @@ +Return-Path: +X-Original-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Delivered-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) + by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FA7E431FC0 + for ; Sun, 31 Aug 2014 23:52:29 -0700 (PDT) +X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org +X-Spam-Flag: NO +X-Spam-Score: 0 +X-Spam-Level: +X-Spam-Status: No, score=0 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[none] + autolearn=disabled +Received: from olra.theworths.org ([127.0.0.1]) + by localhost (olra.theworths.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) + with ESMTP id IVdyEMS4IcAQ for ; + Sun, 31 Aug 2014 23:52:23 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from mail.kapsi.fi (mail.kapsi.fi [217.30.184.167]) + (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) + (No client certificate requested) + by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2DA5E431FAE + for ; Sun, 31 Aug 2014 23:52:23 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from lakka.kapsi.fi ([2001:1bc8:1004::1] ident=Debian-exim) + by mail.kapsi.fi with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) + (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) + id 1XOLTQ-0002QR-Ve; Mon, 01 Sep 2014 09:52:20 +0300 +Received: from nuteater by lakka.kapsi.fi with local (Exim 4.80) + (envelope-from ) + id 1XOLTQ-0007Y9-Ow; Mon, 01 Sep 2014 09:52:20 +0300 +Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2014 09:52:20 +0300 +From: Perttu Luukko +To: David Bremner +Subject: Re: How to debug 'ignoring non-mail file' issues +Message-ID: <20140901065220.GB3901@lakka.kapsi.fi> +References: <20140831074059.GA13399@rakuuna.dhcp.inet.fi> + <87tx4ssoux.fsf@maritornes.cs.unb.ca> +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii +Content-Disposition: inline +In-Reply-To: <87tx4ssoux.fsf@maritornes.cs.unb.ca> +User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.22.1 (2013-10-16) +X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 2001:1bc8:1004::1 +X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: perttu.luukko@iki.fi +X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on mail.kapsi.fi); SAEximRunCond expanded to false +Cc: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 +Precedence: list +List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system." + +List-Unsubscribe: , + +List-Archive: +List-Post: +List-Help: +List-Subscribe: , + +X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 06:52:29 -0000 + +On 2014-08-31 07:41:42, David Bremner wrote: +> Perttu Luukko writes: +> > The vast majority of these ignored mails are not ignored after I +> > transfer them with offlineimap to another computer. I can non-ignore +> > these files probably by copying the renamed file back to the mail +> > server, so this is fixable. Offlineimap shouldn't mess with the file's +> > contents, so is there something that can cause notmuch to ignore a file +> > based on its name? +> +> The most likely cause is that the files are mboxes, whether intentional +> or not. In particular if they start with a "From " (note the lack of :) +> and contain a second "From " at the beginning of a line later in the +> file. In this case something like sed can replace the initial +> "From " with "X-Envelope-From: ". +> +> I agree that the error message could be more informative in this case. + +No, the mails do contain "From: " with the appropriate colon. If I +understood correctly notmuch returns the same "not mail" return code +both when the essential headers are missing (so the file probably really +isn't mail) and when GMime fails to parse the message. I think it would +be a good idea to give a different warning in the latter case. + +If the files really are ignored because of GMime it also explains why so +much more files are ignored on my mail provider's server than on my +laptop. The server probably has an older version of GMime. I'll upgrade +and see if that makes a difference. + +-- +Perttu