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35 Subject: [notmuch] Introducing notmuchsync
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52 I really want to sync my maildir flags/folders with notmuch tags and as
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53 I haven't seen a script to do that, I've written (the beginnings of?)
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56 It is probably pre-alpha but I am a fan of release early, release often
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57 and if someone finds it useful to build upon, it was already worth it. I
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58 put the code here: http://github.com/spaetz/notmuchsync
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62 - Synchronizes the "S" flag with the "unread" tag (1-way). The
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63 synchronization direction is decided by using either --sync (change
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64 maildir flags according to notmuch) or --revsync (change notmuch tags according to maildir). By default it always checks the mails from the previous 30
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65 days (but can also do --all mails if you have plenty of RAM and time).
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66 - Deletes all mail files that have the "delete" tag
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67 - Quiet/normal/verbose logging
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71 1a) start out with notmuchsync -r in order to initialize the notmuch tag
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72 database based on maildir 'S' flags. This is probably what everyone but
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73 Carl Worth wants. :-) If the "--all" command works for you, even better,
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74 but I doubt it as it would store all your mails in RAM.
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75 1b) start out with not
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77 What needs improvment
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78 =====================
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79 - It's a python script in one file. The architecture might need some
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80 cleanup. Documentation needs work too.
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81 - It temporarily slurps in all your mails from the last 30 days into
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82 RAM. I am waiting for "notmuchs show blah --output filename --output
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83 tags" to improve that :). Generally the parsing of the output of
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84 "notmuch show" is a bit hackyish with regexps at the moment.
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85 - Support parsing "chunks" of "notmuch show" output or do several
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86 runs for -all, using monthly intervals to make --all work.
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87 - Support for the "T" (delete), "F" (flag), "D" (draft) tags/flags.
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88 Should be pretty easy to add.
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89 - Support syncing of the "inbox" tag if the mail is in a dir different
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90 than INBOX. No clue yet how to do. Perhaps if a maildir name
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91 corresponds to a notmuch tag name, we move the mail there?
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92 - It seems to work for me, but is untested in environments with spaces
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93 in paths and windows machines.
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94 - the --doeverything command that prunes and syncs in one go
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99 - Please improve and/or fork this thing.
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100 - If you don't like it, just ignore it. Thanks for your understanding.
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102 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
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104 -p --prune Prune deleted mails
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105 -s --sync Sync from notmuch tags to maildir flags.
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106 By default it will only look for mails from the last 30 days.
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107 Use --all to look at earlier mails.
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108 Beware, if timestamps are more than 30 days in the
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110 we won't handle it.
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111 -r --revsync Sync tags from maildir to notmuch. See also -s.
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113 -d Really verbose debug oputput.
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114 -q Log only errors.
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115 --dryrun Do not really modify notmuch db or mail files
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116 Works together with -p -s -r
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118 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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120 Let me know what you like or don't. If you want github contributor
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121 right, I am willing to hand out access quite liberal. And as always:
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122 patches welcome. :-)
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