From a1d8158085537c2b3d8b9c212c941401b921aacd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Kahn Gillmor Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2015 19:51:19 +2000 Subject: [PATCH] Re: Use notmuch with thunderbird ? --- 30/16f796d57c5a6fba89881aae30ddc624d0b3d5 | 115 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 115 insertions(+) create mode 100644 30/16f796d57c5a6fba89881aae30ddc624d0b3d5 diff --git a/30/16f796d57c5a6fba89881aae30ddc624d0b3d5 b/30/16f796d57c5a6fba89881aae30ddc624d0b3d5 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..10828de1e --- /dev/null +++ b/30/16f796d57c5a6fba89881aae30ddc624d0b3d5 @@ -0,0 +1,115 @@ +Return-Path: +X-Original-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Delivered-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) + by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EC146DE1908 + for ; Thu, 18 Jun 2015 17:01:39 -0700 (PDT) +X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at cworth.org +X-Spam-Flag: NO +X-Spam-Score: -0.101 +X-Spam-Level: +X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.101 tagged_above=-999 required=5 + tests=[AWL=-0.101] autolearn=disabled +Received: from arlo.cworth.org ([127.0.0.1]) + by localhost (arlo.cworth.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) + with ESMTP id VxEvbOPq-mxj for ; + Thu, 18 Jun 2015 17:01:36 -0700 (PDT) +X-Greylist: delayed 585 seconds by postgrey-1.35 at arlo; + Thu, 18 Jun 2015 17:01:36 PDT +Received: from che.mayfirst.org (che.mayfirst.org [209.234.253.108]) + by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7CAB6DE0140 + for ; Thu, 18 Jun 2015 17:01:36 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from fifthhorseman.net (unknown [38.109.115.130]) + by che.mayfirst.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4B870F984; + Thu, 18 Jun 2015 19:51:44 -0400 (EDT) +Received: by fifthhorseman.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) + id 9C4A920940; Thu, 18 Jun 2015 19:51:22 -0400 (EDT) +From: Daniel Kahn Gillmor +To: David Bremner , Stu , + notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Subject: Re: Use notmuch with thunderbird ? +In-Reply-To: <87ioakzo0m.fsf@maritornes.cs.unb.ca> +References: + + <87ioakzo0m.fsf@maritornes.cs.unb.ca> +User-Agent: Notmuch/0.20.1 (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/24.4.1 + (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) +Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2015 19:51:19 -0400 +Message-ID: <87fv5oeft4.fsf@alice.fifthhorseman.net> +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; + micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature" +X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 +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: Fri, 19 Jun 2015 00:01:39 -0000 + +--=-=-= +Content-Type: text/plain +Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable + +On Thu 2015-06-18 17:48:25 -0400, David Bremner wrote: + +> Notmuch needs one message per file. I have vague memory that maybe +> thunderbird optionally supports Maildir, which would be perfect for +> notmuch. + +It's still a little bit "experimental", but it's there: + + https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird/Maildir + https://jaisejames.wordpress.com/2012/03/15/to-activate-maildir-in-thunder= +bird/ + https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3D58308 + +To do it, you'd set the user preference + mail.serverDefaultStoreContractID to + "@mozilla.org/msgstore/maildirstore;1" +=20 + +If you do this, your mail will end up in nested maildirs under: +~/.thunderbird/ImapMail/$SERVERNAME/ + +YMMV as to the reliability of thunderbird with this setup. I've had +some problems with it, but i tend to think those problems are more +likely due to my trying to interface with a janky MS Exchange server's +IMAP implementation (i haven't tried to debug against a more sane IMAP +implementation). + +The other approach is to set up a local IMAP server like dovecot that +stores mail in maildir form, and just have thunderbird talk to it +directly. + + --dkg + +--=-=-= +Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" + +-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- +Version: GnuPG v1 + +iQJ8BAEBCgBmBQJVg1l3XxSAAAAAAC4AKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zLm9w +ZW5wZ3AuZmlmdGhob3JzZW1hbi5uZXRFQjk2OTEyODdBN0FEREUzNzU3RDkxMUVB +NTI0MDFCMTFCRkRGQTVDAAoJEKUkAbEb/fpcK2IQAOfPjkKyGrh8ZGGdc6XEOT71 +R8lOSTyKmFTXzveDAZ0Qy4N/jP2HrlVSqEFVjp83Tmj2YxJ3fD/ykhtThRw+dxtM +lPlgrscFRP48qIXWftm25wxzO/PagY07oEpha3JSJpz/cptD+n+Ge1zHeC5jYO9W +jDYnrIvJ+nurtRzKy9b9bQotfOpvEJBGVmWculW2m0q94VUiT09erI3QtibuGfbd +Q4zb6SM99uIUQW+oT5kv68MnV9d39HqW5qIpib4QdjgMVeblfykY7DkfxlMauM0m +genVZaT78nuc1XAI5jCceIrOVQETp13KurXOCFszY143V8z01byfgHWVrY4DRKV5 +qEAI4faWvo0nIDJoB2WjxwWTqft18I9rVBho7Q1tARxo8V8xiElE52mfWje86qK6 +asXUqCwe1ths572scXID9e+1dsY+SfqqHxbV0Iu1sca+bN+hm45HQrrE31QNLEvm +nRtV6jW0jSn2nX0LvFmeeN+g2j5JImY1JbJ4jnLSSypOerAXGaF/fIIaH8wFS7ya ++TAcZVu2HQ6qtPggTqnoWXxYdELUf1iSUr4v/Jh48z2805DkDKgRUKJY1IjBFPvK +5I6wHIUojwZ6iqIZEWLjF2ZmZMbI11/TTLJcThXJm22hwlLiyIWvty7lBG/LTKUl +TJKZJi+lUvt78veII6cQ +=xwb+ +-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- +--=-=-=-- -- 2.26.2