-## Setup
-
-Have a look at the [Howto](http://notmuchmail.org/howto/) for
-prerequisites. Be sure you have done the general setup using the
-notmuch cli command!
-
-To use the Notmuch emacs mode, first add the following line to your
-`.emacs` rc file:
-
- (autoload 'notmuch "notmuch" "notmuch mail" t)
-
-or if you always want to load notmuch when you start emacs:
-
- (require 'notmuch)
-
-Then, either run "emacs -f notmuch", or execute the command `M-x
-notmuch` from within a running emacs.
-
-### <span id="notmuch_init_file"> Notmuch Emacs configuration file: </span>
-
-(Since Notmuch 0.18)
-
-After notmuch is loaded `notmuch-init-file` (typically
- `~/.emacs.d/notmuch-config.el`) is checked out. If such file exists
-it is loaded. Most emacs lisp based configuration not suitable via
-customization can be put there instead of `~/.emacs`.
-
-## Navigating & reading mails
-
-When first starting notmuch in emacs, you will be presented with the
-notmuch "hello" page. If it exits with an error after writing
-"Welcome to notmutch. You have" you need to do the basic notmuch setup
-first (see above).
-From here you can do searches, see lists of recent
-searches, saved searches, message tags, help information, etc.
-
-Executing a search will open a new buffer in `notmuch-search-mode`
-displaying the search results. Each line in the search results
-represents a message thread. Hitting the '?' key will show help for
-this mode.
-
-In general, the 'q' will kill the current notmuch buffer and return
-you to the previous buffer (sort of like a 'pop').
-
-In search mode, navigating to a thread and hitting return will then
-open a new buffer in `notmuch-show-mode`, which will show the actual
-message contents of the thread.
-
-## Sending mail
-
-In any notmuch mode, you can start a new message by hitting the 'm'
-key. To reply to a message or thread, just hit the 'r' key.
-
-When composing new messages, you will be entered in emacs's
-`message-mode`, which is a powerful mode for composing and sending
-messages. When in message mode, you can type `C-c ?` for help.
-
-If you would like to use address autocompletion when composing
-messages, see [address completion](#address_completion).
-
-When you are ready to send a message, type `C-c C-c`. By default
-message mode will use your sendmail command to send mail, so make sure
-that works. One annoying standard configuration of message mode is
-that it will hide the sent mail in your emacs frame stack, but it will
-not close it. If you type several mails in an emacs session they will
-accumulate and make switching between buffers more annoying. You can
-avoid that behavior by adding `(setq message-kill-buffer-on-exit t)`
-in your `.emacs` file
-(or doing `M-x customize-variable<RET>message-kill-buffer-on-exit<RET>`)
-which will really close the mail window after sending it.