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Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:48:10 +0100
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Subject: Re: [notmuch] How to index /var/spool/mail with notmuch
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On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:24:47 +0100, Tassilo Horn <tassilo@member.fsf.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'd like to try out notmuch.  My mail setup is as follows:
> 
>   - I run a local IMAP server (dovecot) and access it using Gnus
>   - Dovecot stores its mails in /var/spool/mail/ in some one file per
>     message format

How about

$ mkdir -p ~/mail/spool
$ ln -s /var/spool/mail/$USER/{cur,new,tmp} ~/mail/spool

and point notmuch at ~/mail (or specifically ~/mail/spool).


Jed