From f6c3ad635bf1d62733346a3741747b380eecd8fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?utf8?q?Rapha=C3=ABl=20Fournier-S=27niehotta?= Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2016 11:42:05 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Avoiding the "huge INBOX of death" --- 08/128035b6ccf8d44224e1d499f2c99a9a884407 | 91 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 91 insertions(+) create mode 100644 08/128035b6ccf8d44224e1d499f2c99a9a884407 diff --git a/08/128035b6ccf8d44224e1d499f2c99a9a884407 b/08/128035b6ccf8d44224e1d499f2c99a9a884407 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..1386deceb --- /dev/null +++ b/08/128035b6ccf8d44224e1d499f2c99a9a884407 @@ -0,0 +1,91 @@ +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 AE6D06DE015B + for ; Tue, 19 Jul 2016 02:51:32 -0700 (PDT) +X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at cworth.org +X-Spam-Flag: NO +X-Spam-Score: -2.301 +X-Spam-Level: +X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.301 tagged_above=-999 required=5 + tests=[RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001] + 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 YNFe3IwuzkLa for ; + Tue, 19 Jul 2016 02:51:22 -0700 (PDT) +X-Greylist: delayed 603 seconds by postgrey-1.35 at arlo; + Tue, 19 Jul 2016 02:51:22 PDT +Received: from incoming1.cnam.fr (incoming1.cnam.fr [163.173.128.32]) + by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 257A16DE012F + for ; Tue, 19 Jul 2016 02:51:21 -0700 (PDT) +X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.28,388,1464645600"; d="scan'208";a="45326897" +Received: from 252.36.151.77.rev.sfr.net (HELO localhost) ([77.151.36.252]) + by incoming1.cnam.fr with ESMTP/TLS/AES128-GCM-SHA256; + 19 Jul 2016 11:41:15 +0200 +Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2016 11:42:05 +0200 +From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Rapha=EBl?= Fournier-S'niehotta + +To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Subject: Avoiding the "huge INBOX of death" +Message-ID: <20160719094205.qmf5sjnja6crt5t3@gotlib> +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 +Content-Disposition: inline +Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit +User-Agent: Mutt/1.6.1-neo (2016-06-11) +X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 +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: Tue, 19 Jul 2016 09:51:32 -0000 + +Hello fellow notmuchers, + +I am a longtime "classic" mutt user, willing to switch to a notmuch-based +solution (probably neomutt). However, as far as I understand, I will have to +deal with a "huge INBOX of death", as put by Anarcat in a recent blog post [1], +that when all emails remain in a single maildir, which may the become very +large. + +I would like to avoid this, for quota reasons on my work imap server first, and +also because I sometimes have to use webmail access, with poor searching +capabilities. + +Thus, I think I need to have my emails sorted into maildir folders according to +the notmuch tags. Namely, emails with the "inbox" tag should stay in the INBOX +maildir, those with "archive" should be moved to Archives (all synchronized with +the server). As a bonus, it would be great to have a few more features, like +"mails in Archives older than 6 months are moved to Archives/" (kept +locally and not stored on the server). + +As far as I understand, "afew" and its MailMover feature could be useful for my +case, but it does not seem currently maintained (plus, very few mentions of it +on the notmuch archives) and Michael Turquette said it's buggy [2], so I would +like more feedback to be sure before letting it mess with my maildir. + +Another tool that could be useful is the "maildir-notmuch-sync" script written +by Ethan Schoonover and adapted by Michael Turquette [3]. However, it seems +dedicated to handling the synchronization of Gmail labels, not a generic imap +server hierarchy. + +Perhaps there is another solution to deal with this in a notmuch-based setup, I +would very much like any of your feedback. + +[1]: https://anarc.at/blog/2016-05-12-email-setup/ +[2]: http://deferred.io/2016/01/17/state-of-the-dotfiles.html +[3]: http://deferred.io/2016/01/18/notmuch-tags-gmail-labels-bidirectional-sync.html + +-- +Raphaël Fournier-S'niehotta +http://raphael.fournier-sniehotta.fr/apropos + -- 2.26.2