From: Tomi Ollila <tomi.ollila@iki.fi>
To: Austin Clements <amdragon@MIT.EDU>, notmuch@notmuchmail.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] lib: Save filenames for files detected as "not an email
	file" in the database.
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Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2012 11:48:32 +0200
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On Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:00:27 -0500, Austin Clements <amdragon@MIT.EDU> wrote:
> Later runs of "notmuch new" won't scan these files again and won't
> print warnings.
> 
> Various programs (Dovecot, in my case) store indexes and caches and
> such in the maildir.  Without this, notmuch persistently complains
> about such files.
> ---

LGTM...

> Every time I run notmuch new I get a slew of these warnings.  It was
> starting to get on my nerves, so I implemented the solution suggested
> by the TODO file.

[ ... ]

> -large so the detection could be potentially slow). 2. A "notmuch
> -search" syntax could be added to allow the user to find these files,
> -(and perhaps delete them or move them away as appropriate).
> +Add a "notmuch search" syntax to allow uses to find files recorded as
> +non-emails in the database (and perhaps delete them or move them away
> +as appropriate).

Could these messages be tagged with some fixed tag -- we already have
'signed' and 'attachment' tag. maybe 'nonemail' (or something) could
be used for these messages ?

Tomi