From d35d64bebcbe5c45fbf051d691562d5d5152a69d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Austin Clements Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 09:22:38 +2000 Subject: [PATCH] Re: Using procmail to set tags --- e9/9269b47ab3c9a65e240112b82953356365b4de | 118 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 118 insertions(+) create mode 100644 e9/9269b47ab3c9a65e240112b82953356365b4de diff --git a/e9/9269b47ab3c9a65e240112b82953356365b4de b/e9/9269b47ab3c9a65e240112b82953356365b4de new file mode 100644 index 000000000..e14dc4ea6 --- /dev/null +++ b/e9/9269b47ab3c9a65e240112b82953356365b4de @@ -0,0 +1,118 @@ +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 701E9431FB6 + for ; Tue, 15 May 2012 06:22:45 -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 IRmS+LBF4hlc for ; + Tue, 15 May 2012 06:22:43 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from dmz-mailsec-scanner-1.mit.edu (DMZ-MAILSEC-SCANNER-1.MIT.EDU + [18.9.25.12]) + by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3B37431FAE + for ; Tue, 15 May 2012 06:22:43 -0700 (PDT) +X-AuditID: 1209190c-b7fad6d000000920-e1-4fb258a216ab +Received: from mailhub-auth-4.mit.edu ( [18.7.62.39]) + by dmz-mailsec-scanner-1.mit.edu (Symantec Messaging Gateway) with SMTP + id 40.13.02336.2A852BF4; Tue, 15 May 2012 09:22:42 -0400 (EDT) +Received: from outgoing.mit.edu (OUTGOING-AUTH.MIT.EDU [18.7.22.103]) + by mailhub-auth-4.mit.edu (8.13.8/8.9.2) with ESMTP id q4FDMfHf027957; + Tue, 15 May 2012 09:22:41 -0400 +Received: from awakening.csail.mit.edu (awakening.csail.mit.edu [18.26.4.91]) + (authenticated bits=0) + (User authenticated as amdragon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU) + by outgoing.mit.edu (8.13.6/8.12.4) with ESMTP id q4FDMdXL029979 + (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); + Tue, 15 May 2012 09:22:40 -0400 (EDT) +Received: from amthrax by awakening.csail.mit.edu with local (Exim 4.77) + (envelope-from ) + id 1SUHi3-0003J3-0g; Tue, 15 May 2012 09:22:39 -0400 +Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 09:22:38 -0400 +From: Austin Clements +To: Robert Horn +Subject: Re: Using procmail to set tags +Message-ID: <20120515132238.GO11804@mit.edu> +References: +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii +Content-Disposition: inline +In-Reply-To: +User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) +X-Brightmail-Tracker: + H4sIAAAAAAAAA+NgFvrOIsWRmVeSWpSXmKPExsUixG6nrrsoYpO/wYFlwhbXb85kdmD0eLbq + FnMAYxSXTUpqTmZZapG+XQJXRue0mSwFjwQqnjxexd7AuJe3i5GTQ0LAROLl1iXMELaYxIV7 + 69lAbCGBfYwS9/erdjFyAdkbGCUmLj3JDpE4ySRxYB8LRGIJo8TpjWfBulkEVCVmPd3NAmKz + CWhIbNu/nBHEFgGKT5g5ixXEZhaQlvj2u5kJxBYWUJdY3/kLbCivgI7E1xVbgeIcQEN1JRYu + UIYIC0qcnPmEBaJVS+LGv5dgJSBjlv/jAAlzCuhJnG/aADZFVEBFYsrJbWwTGIVmIemehaR7 + FkL3AkbmVYyyKblVurmJmTnFqcm6xcmJeXmpRbqGermZJXqpKaWbGEHhyynJs4PxzUGlQ4wC + HIxKPLxO6zf6C7EmlhVX5h5ilORgUhLljQjb5C/El5SfUpmRWJwRX1Sak1p8iFGCg1lJhFfM + DCjHm5JYWZValA+TkuZgURLnVdF65yckkJ5YkpqdmlqQWgSTleHgUJLg7Q4HahQsSk1PrUjL + zClBSDNxcIIM5wEabg9Sw1tckJhbnJkOkT/FqCglzpsPkhAASWSU5sH1wtLLK0ZxoFeEeatB + qniAqQmu+xXQYCagwY0sYINLEhFSUg2MLOIWqjMtq+yLWyboxKwMLP61he/k35T0hh0t2j+N + Ls0rDZGOm+jMa2EUvOq3oJ3/gf8Li2Z6CusWuO9/LL7k0tftvlGpzmFvlTbqzt52iuO+35V7 + h9jtA9WskrV+HV8nmudRtYBTPs6ZKb1FSdXC4P+NyctWpqy11vtmVLpV/v/FBQstH2xRYinO + SDTUYi4qTgQAVBK9wgoDAAA= +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 13:22:45 -0000 + +Quoth Robert Horn on May 14 at 7:34 pm: +> 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. + +I second Jani's suggestion of using notmuch tag commands from +notmuch's post-new hook if possible (or switching to using searches +instead of tags where that makes sense). However, if you really need +the flexibility of procmail, I can think of two solutions: + +You can let procmail deliver to folders, like usual, and then use + notmuch tag tag:inbox folder:X +/-tags +in notmuch's post-new hook to apply tags based on folders (you might +want to add the tag 'new' to your new.tags in ~/.notmuch-config and +filter on tag:new instead of tag:inbox). If you need multiple tags on +a message, let procmail deliver it to multiple folders. + +Alternatively, you can have procmail record the message ID and desired +tags of the message in a file and then apply those recorded tags in +your post-new hook. This would achieve the tagging you want more +directly, without mixing in folders and multiple delivery. The +difficulty would be getting a message ID you could later use in an id: +query. Simply grabbing the value of the message-id header would work +most of the time, but there's a fair bit of logic for dealing with +strangely formed or completely malformed message-id headers +(see _parse_message_id). + +As far as I know, nobody has tried my second suggestion. Most people +just switch to using notmuch queries (either to tag or simply to +search). -- 2.26.2