Return-Path: X-Original-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org Delivered-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E1C24196F2 for ; Sat, 12 Jun 2010 06:29:24 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -4.2 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.2 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3] autolearn=ham Received: from olra.theworths.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (olra.theworths.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 2tIr98H1+2Mn for ; Sat, 12 Jun 2010 06:29:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ipex4.johnshopkins.edu (ipex4.johnshopkins.edu [128.220.161.141]) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F0EF431FC1 for ; Sat, 12 Jun 2010 06:29:12 -0700 (PDT) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.53,408,1272859200"; d="scan'208";a="373874404" Received: from c-69-255-36-229.hsd1.md.comcast.net (HELO lucky.home) ([69.255.36.229]) by ipex4.johnshopkins.edu with ESMTP/TLS/AES256-SHA; 12 Jun 2010 09:29:12 -0400 Received: from jkr by lucky.home with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ONQld-0000j1-5O; Sat, 12 Jun 2010 09:28:57 -0400 From: Jesse Rosenthal To: David Bremner , Christoph Groth Subject: Re: syncing mail by simply syncing the filesystem In-Reply-To: <87y6eke67e.fsf@lucky.home> References: <87631obu64.fsf@falma.de> <87vd9o5rtj.fsf@rocinante.cs.unb.ca> <87y6eke67e.fsf@lucky.home> User-Agent: Notmuch/0.3.1-58-g6607fd6 (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/23.2.1 (i486-pc-linux-gnu) Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 09:28:57 -0400 Message-ID: <87vd9oe5wm.fsf@lucky.home> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: notmuch@notmuchmail.org X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 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: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 13:29:24 -0000 Sorry -- unclear on a couple of points: On Sat, 12 Jun 2010 09:22:29 -0400, Jesse Rosenthal wrote: > 2. You could brute-force it. Include a nm_dump file as one of your > unison paths, along with your Maildir, then always run: > > notmuch dump > nm_dump > unison You have to run "notmuch new" here. > notmuch restore nm_dump > If you take a bit of care in how you tell unison nm_dump files... I meant, of course, "how you tell unison to merge nm_dump files."