From: David Bremner <david@tethera.net>
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2016 15:39:49 +0000 (+2000)
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC 0/3] Maildir custom flags and notmuch tags
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Re: [PATCH/RFC 0/3] Maildir custom flags and notmuch tags
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+From: David Bremner <david@tethera.net>
+To: Jan Pobrislo <ccx@webprojekty.cz>, notmuch@notmuchmail.org
+Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC 0/3] Maildir custom flags and notmuch tags
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+David Bremner <david@tethera.net> writes:
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+> Jan Pobrislo <ccx@webprojekty.cz> writes:
+>
+>>
+>> Every such maildir extension out there that I know of was invented for
+>> some specific application. Out of the two documented formats there are,
+>> the dovecot-keywords file is:
+>>
+>> 1) more limited (26 tags maximum)
+>> 2) simpler to implement, especially wrt. detecting changes
+>> 3) usable out of the box with some tools, as you noted
+>
+> Actually, I just mean the extra maildir flags. I guess only the dovecot
+> sync tool syncs dovecot-keywords. And I don't think "notmuch+dsync
+> users" is a very big group, fwiw.
+
+Straight rsync would also transfer those files, of course.
+
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