From 37dd63fcdfb8a86a34698b35ce2bb6873a4c9572 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bryan hunt Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 11:14:50 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Re: Using procmail to set tags --- ff/dc79c4c1e289edfb3a8122309869ccf50134a1 | 123 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 123 insertions(+) create mode 100644 ff/dc79c4c1e289edfb3a8122309869ccf50134a1 diff --git a/ff/dc79c4c1e289edfb3a8122309869ccf50134a1 b/ff/dc79c4c1e289edfb3a8122309869ccf50134a1 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..b890579eb --- /dev/null +++ b/ff/dc79c4c1e289edfb3a8122309869ccf50134a1 @@ -0,0 +1,123 @@ +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 5EC1B431FB6 + for ; Tue, 15 May 2012 03:14:56 -0700 (PDT) +X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org +X-Spam-Flag: NO +X-Spam-Score: -0.799 +X-Spam-Level: +X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.799 tagged_above=-999 required=5 + tests=[DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, + FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, 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 uAwGQPBZmrZq for ; + Tue, 15 May 2012 03:14:54 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from mail-bk0-f53.google.com (mail-bk0-f53.google.com + [209.85.214.53]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) + (No client certificate requested) + by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A7BA3431FAE + for ; Tue, 15 May 2012 03:14:54 -0700 (PDT) +Received: by bkcjk13 with SMTP id jk13so5286220bkc.26 + for ; Tue, 15 May 2012 03:14:53 -0700 (PDT) +DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; + h=message-id:subject:from:to:cc:date:in-reply-to:references + :content-type:x-mailer:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version; + bh=RgKLAc0qbCX/oJxDkrBUner2OzbDfMZmHgi9ixEBVz0=; + b=0vfPymXmWwh5YMzVKZhE2Xegj/OZ6fjadrTWUnE5LcgsF4N8brwGpRcyRKdnByg8p6 + G1qLCieo5F20ctRF4Z+iJbau7sVXuZL/QK5P+pfXhQ3p1aGLcadOzomVSmrHaUBbwSlr + dE/PCcsCJ7eHe15dXWajh42d54k5T121fZfvKcMLxZl9Cvl4Eht3q0JKyQjEJvLI45JX + m270Agex+7KaK/8gbRMi+IAtcQC50wItuEqzOrHiubLpllalR/TSD5CilH/IYMoU/iY9 + HBR1J5V7rmhtSzaSb9iysfLPXJ3Ze2Xw2iR6PtL81xPSGKz1V+A++Azie11WDKnz0Fy+ + GIow== +Received: by 10.204.152.199 with SMTP id h7mr4600666bkw.39.1337076893280; + Tue, 15 May 2012 03:14:53 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from [192.168.0.2] + (cpc1-lewi12-0-0-cust882.2-4.cable.virginmedia.com. [82.4.187.115]) + by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id + fw10sm40425444bkc.11.2012.05.15.03.14.51 + (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 15 May 2012 03:14:52 -0700 (PDT) +Message-ID: <1337076890.12535.2.camel@dsktp> +Subject: Re: Using procmail to set tags +From: bryan hunt +To: Robert Horn +Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 11:14:50 +0100 +In-Reply-To: +References: +Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" +X-Mailer: Evolution 3.2.3-0ubuntu6 +Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit +Mime-Version: 1.0 +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: Tue, 15 May 2012 10:14:56 -0000 + +On Mon, 2012-05-14 at 19:34 -0400, Robert Horn wrote: +> Is it practical (and has anyone documented) using a procmail setup to +> set initial tags for messages using notmuch? +> +> I've just started using emacs-notmuch to read mail, and I'm using a +> system where I have procmail filters to bin mail by category into +> folders. I can continue this using folder:value for searching, but one +> reason notmuch interests me is the potential to do more. +> +> It's practical for me to assign potentially overlapping tags with a more +> sophisticated procmail setup. Notmuch tags enable having multiple tags +> on one email. +> +> I don't know enough about the procmail/notmuch process to see just how +> to make this happen. I'm hoping that someone has already done something +> similar. +> +> R Horn +> rjhorn@alum.mit.edu + +You could have procmail fire a python script to add or remove tags based +upon message content. + +Here's a python script I tried using to untag messages from the Lift +mailing list, there was a problem when I wrote it, but it's probably +been fixed by now. + +#!/usr/bin/env python + +from notmuch import * + +''' +The idea of this script is that it will untag mailing list messages, +keeping them from my inbox unless they are directly related to me. + +The problem is that the tag removal isn't being saved. +I've created a bug report with the developer: + +https://bitbucket.org/spaetz/cnotmuch/issue/1/removing-tags-doesnt-seem-to-be-saving + +''' +db = Database('/home/bryan/.maildb',False, 'READ_WRITE') +q=db.create_query("'[lift]' -from:bryan tag:inbox") + +for msg in q.search_messages(): + print msg.get_tags() + msg.freeze() + msg.remove_tag("inbox") + print msg.get_tags() + msg.remove_tag("unread") + print msg.get_tags() + msg.add_tag("lift") + print msg.get_tags() + msg.thaw() +exit() + -- 2.26.2