From: Adam Wolfe Gordon Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2012 19:04:12 +0000 (+1800) Subject: Re: Why not tags inside messages? X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=5fddf96e024dfff92288c0731f4a567d10fc28a4;p=notmuch-archives.git Re: Why not tags inside messages? --- diff --git a/5b/69d3db062de0e20f15bd06bc3b3d911aa366b3 b/5b/69d3db062de0e20f15bd06bc3b3d911aa366b3 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..304161466 --- /dev/null +++ b/5b/69d3db062de0e20f15bd06bc3b3d911aa366b3 @@ -0,0 +1,102 @@ +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 8F3AD431FB6 + for ; Sat, 7 Apr 2012 12:04:17 -0700 (PDT) +X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org +X-Spam-Flag: NO +X-Spam-Score: -0.7 +X-Spam-Level: +X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.7 tagged_above=-999 required=5 + tests=[RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7] 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 oYn50V3zqUjU for ; + Sat, 7 Apr 2012 12:04:15 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from mail-lb0-f181.google.com (mail-lb0-f181.google.com + [209.85.217.181]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) + (No client certificate requested) + by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 45F3D431FAE + for ; Sat, 7 Apr 2012 12:04:15 -0700 (PDT) +Received: by lban1 with SMTP id n1so1319724lba.26 + for ; Sat, 07 Apr 2012 12:04:12 -0700 (PDT) +X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; + d=google.com; s=20120113; + h=mime-version:sender:x-originating-ip:in-reply-to:references:date + :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type + :content-transfer-encoding:x-gm-message-state; + bh=9GBBA4qIhvqM/P3OOMGZyMedIuoCC5SGp/7Ng8g+hQU=; + b=E7g7i4J7Axuah4azVM0H5KstP7uMaCx8ju8OmWte9hF8pZsuZIQctKDlx1m3NNZMBb + onSpq69AP++2iE1+q1p2i9sQ+1BOzQZFFSsPjItnKraDv+/5cpIhiEdLw8eCa1kzyezK + F2+KCEZV/Y+y8Pm5hnkNmKo4H4qGmM5yq5OmYrlhpCavSPKzgzhl+pICt/Pj255CPfrZ + qu7z8rAoOlRKX+dbnmnbSrL+fT691CDimNkDR/ZXPberORw33gSeGeexW3YdxiIe/hLB + HTrigG2eXkUPal+OMkfAfuLvEafyDXu23iEEvAhyp6/M2rMk7fsXU/NbCQscroPq4lB5 + o5kQ== +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Received: by 10.152.129.137 with SMTP id nw9mr3367993lab.48.1333825452127; + Sat, 07 Apr 2012 12:04:12 -0700 (PDT) +Sender: awg@xvx.ca +Received: by 10.112.97.14 with HTTP; Sat, 7 Apr 2012 12:04:12 -0700 (PDT) +X-Originating-IP: [96.52.216.56] +In-Reply-To: +References: +Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2012 13:04:12 -0600 +X-Google-Sender-Auth: doSghPAC-VsuHXbj7KMsYBHJnBY +Message-ID: + +Subject: Re: Why not tags inside messages? +From: Adam Wolfe Gordon +To: David Belohrad +Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 +Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable +X-Gm-Message-State: + ALoCoQnKYjKq6q04xssf/qgvBo/WBCIF0+I7S8qgCPZKVyn51uhIPa4fs3JmD9dZ4tHE8EiI9hUp +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, 07 Apr 2012 19:04:17 -0000 + +Hi David, + +On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 10:46, David Belohrad wrote: +> I'd love to use notmuch with offline imap =A0to work rather on local copy= + of +> messages, than using remote notmuch, which is slightly slower due to +> bandwidth limitation of my vdsl line. There is however fundamental proble= +m +> of syncing flags between two instances of notmuch. So my question is, +> whether it would be possible, when tagging message, to store the tag as w= +ell +> in the message itself. Might this help to sync across multiple instances? + +One solution that various people have used (I've used it for backup) +is to make the .notmuch directory in the maildir into a git +repository, and sync it to various machines using git push/git pull. +You can do the push/pull manually or in a notmuch hook to keep things +synced. I'm not sure if this is any better for your purposes than +using remote notmuch, but it would keep things local most of the time. + +> Another thing is, that I'd love to have native android app working over +> remote notmuch to work as my email agent. Is there anything like this? I +> guess not... + +I started working on one once, using python to write a little notmuch +server that produced JSON for various things, and an Android app that +contacted the server and displayed things nicely. It only got as far +as being able to list tags and count messages. It's probably something +I'll pick up again at some point, and of course I'd be happy to share +code if people are willing to help. + +I know another Android client has been mentioned on IRC, but I'm not +sure if it got any further than mine.