From c4badae0a1b47a26d132b00725aef098075b9c72 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rainer M Krug Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 09:50:01 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Re: Better Gmail handling by not using Notmuch tags --- 20/45e2b630957f7e469e742f72aa594ebbde4235 | 114 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 114 insertions(+) create mode 100644 20/45e2b630957f7e469e742f72aa594ebbde4235 diff --git a/20/45e2b630957f7e469e742f72aa594ebbde4235 b/20/45e2b630957f7e469e742f72aa594ebbde4235 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..e5a692e24 --- /dev/null +++ b/20/45e2b630957f7e469e742f72aa594ebbde4235 @@ -0,0 +1,114 @@ +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 41B46431FB6 + for ; Fri, 14 Sep 2012 00:50:26 -0700 (PDT) +X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org +X-Spam-Flag: NO +X-Spam-Score: 1.202 +X-Spam-Level: * +X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.202 tagged_above=-999 required=5 + tests=[DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED=0.001, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, + NML_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED=1.2] 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 BwubLNMMQ3tr for ; + Fri, 14 Sep 2012 00:50:25 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) + (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) + (No client certificate requested) + by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 16A32431FAE + for ; Fri, 14 Sep 2012 00:50:25 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) + (envelope-from ) id 1TCQfN-00061i-J3 + for notmuch@notmuchmail.org; Fri, 14 Sep 2012 09:50:21 +0200 +Received: from arn78-1-88-186-171-7.fbx.proxad.net ([88.186.171.7]) + by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) + id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 + for ; Fri, 14 Sep 2012 09:50:21 +0200 +Received: from R.M.Krug by arn78-1-88-186-171-7.fbx.proxad.net with local + (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 + for ; Fri, 14 Sep 2012 09:50:21 +0200 +X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ +To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +From: Rainer M Krug +Subject: Re: Better Gmail handling by not using Notmuch tags +Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 09:50:01 +0200 +Lines: 45 +Message-ID: <5052E1A9.8060503@gmail.com> +References: + + + +Mime-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 +Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit +X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org +X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: arn78-1-88-186-171-7.fbx.proxad.net +User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; + rv:16.0) Gecko/20120907 Thunderbird/16.0 +In-Reply-To: + +X-Enigmail-Version: 1.5a1pre +Cc: Jeremy Nickurak +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, 14 Sep 2012 07:50:26 -0000 + +-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- +Hash: SHA1 + +On 13/09/12 17:15, Damien Cassou wrote: +> On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 5:13 PM, Jeremy Nickurak +> wrote: +>> Gmail doesn't have folders, of course, it has labels, which are approximately equivalent to +>> notmuch tags. The key difference being that a message can only be in one folder, but it can +>> have multiple tags/labels. +> +> Gmail exports its labels as IMAP folders: an email with multiple labels will be duplicated in +> multiple folders (one per label). That's why I'm asking if it would be possible to manupale +> folders from Notmuch instead of tags. +> + +I don't think there is an easy solution. notmuch uses a maildir and tags. Gmail needs to be synced +to this local maildir earlier, and this is where I think the problem comes in: I am not aware of +any sync tool which maintains the gmail labels, as they are in in the imap context folders. + +I think the only real solution woud be: + +Download from gmail -> local: +1) download only the "All Mail" folder +2) implement a tagging tool which syncs the gmail labels to notmuch tags + +upload local -> gmail +1) upload "All Mail folder +2) assign on gmail the labels corresponding to the notmuch tags. + +The step 1 could be done by any sync tool available for this (offlineimap, ...) + +step 2 needs to be developed - no idea how, but it surely would be really usefull, because then +notmuch would even become a perfect tool for gmail backup as well. + +Cheers, + +Rainer +-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- +Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) +Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://www.enigmail.net/ + +iEYEARECAAYFAlBS4akACgkQoYgNqgF2egoGhwCaAgfXQUAK4RK1v22JOhgYXfR1 ++C8AnRU892SrxK7IYN9xoxhM865Y+vTA +=ma75 +-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- + -- 2.26.2