Re: Better Gmail handling by not using Notmuch tags

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+From: Rainer M Krug <R.M.Krug@gmail.com>\r
+Subject: Re: Better Gmail handling by not using Notmuch tags\r
+Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 09:50:01 +0200\r
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+On 13/09/12 17:15, Damien Cassou wrote:\r
+> On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 5:13 PM, Jeremy Nickurak \r
+> <not-much@trk.nickurak.ca> wrote:\r
+>> Gmail doesn't have folders, of course, it has labels, which are approximately equivalent to\r
+>> notmuch tags. The key difference being that a message can only be in one folder, but it can\r
+>> have multiple tags/labels.\r
+> \r
+> Gmail exports its labels as IMAP folders: an email with multiple labels will be duplicated in\r
+> multiple folders (one per label). That's why I'm asking if it would be possible to manupale\r
+> folders from Notmuch instead of tags.\r
+> \r
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+I don't think there is an easy solution. notmuch uses a maildir and tags. Gmail needs to be synced\r
+to this local maildir earlier, and this is where I think the problem comes in: I am not aware of\r
+any sync tool which maintains the gmail labels, as they are in in the imap context folders.\r
+\r
+I think the only real solution woud be:\r
+\r
+Download from gmail -> local:\r
+1) download only the "All Mail" folder\r
+2) implement a tagging tool which syncs the gmail labels to notmuch tags\r
+\r
+upload local -> gmail\r
+1) upload "All Mail folder\r
+2) assign on gmail the labels corresponding to the notmuch tags.\r
+\r
+The step 1 could be done by any sync tool available for this (offlineimap, ...)\r
+\r
+step 2 needs to be developed - no idea how, but it surely would be really usefull, because then\r
+notmuch would even become a perfect tool for gmail backup as well.\r
+\r
+Cheers,\r
+\r
+Rainer\r
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