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 73404429E26 for ; Thu, 1 Sep 2011 17:52:52 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: 0 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[none] autolearn=disabled 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 bpZYrzFrVk9A for ; Thu, 1 Sep 2011 17:52:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from socrates.hocat.ca (socrates.hocat.ca [76.10.188.53]) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECA37431FD0 for ; Thu, 1 Sep 2011 17:52:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hermes.hocat.ca (hermes.hocat.ca [69.165.170.253]) by socrates.hocat.ca (Postfix) with SMTP id 35B8F2965; Thu, 1 Sep 2011 18:52:49 -0600 (MDT) Received: (nullmailer pid 13246 invoked by uid 1000); Fri, 02 Sep 2011 00:52:48 -0000 From: Tom Prince To: James Vasile , notmuch@notmuchmail.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Skip dot files in `notmuch new` In-Reply-To: <8762lnwtva.fsf@hackervisions.org> References: <8762lnwtva.fsf@hackervisions.org> User-Agent: Notmuch/0.7 (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/23.3.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2011 20:52:48 -0400 Message-ID: <8739gfahpb.fsf@hermes.hocat.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii 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: Fri, 02 Sep 2011 00:52:52 -0000 On Tue, 23 Aug 2011 20:11:53 -0400, James Vasile wrote: > No known mail client or fetch tool stores mail in dot files, because > files that start with '.' are usually used to store metadata > (i.e. state or configuration) as opposed to subject-matter data. Dovecot stores folders in directories starting with . though. Tom