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From: Michal Sojka <sojkam1@fel.cvut.cz>
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Subject: Re: [notmuch] What's so great about notmuch?
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On Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:08:49 -0800, Carl Worth <cworth@cworth.org> wrote:
>    What's your favorite thing about notmuch?

I can process my inbox in a linear fassion (by pressing space). During
that, I'm not distracted by various GUI elements, which remind me how
many other emails I have to read. I can fully concentrate on one topic
and it makes my email processing faster.

> 
>    What about notmuch makes it distinctive compared to other email
>    programs?

Fast searching. Easy to use Emacs GUI (I use Emacs a lot, but I was
never able to configure Gnus to suit me).

>    If someone were to implement a new email system from scratch, but
>    capturing the "ideas" of notmuch, what would it have to have?

Synchronziation of mail and tags on multiple computers.

Michal