Add a couple of feature requests of mine

[obsolete/notmuch-wiki] / feature-requests.mdwn

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 ## notmuch 
 
-+    Add folder keyword
++    Allow a custom location for .notmuch
 
-     Allows to search for messages in a specific folder.
+     The notmuch index is currently saved in .notmuch under the user's
+     Maildir and there's no configuration option to change that.
+
+     This is problematic with both tools that sync Maildirs and with IMAP
+     servers that consider .notmuch a Maildir subfolder (e.g. dovecot)
+
+     A better solution would be to add a configuration option for this so
+     that it can be put e.g. in ~/.notmuch
+
++    Add a list or pattern for subfolders to ignore
+
+     Some people are crazy enough to archive e.g. their Spam in their
+     Maildir and perhaps they'd prefer not having them indexed on notmuch.
+
+     Having a configuration option to exclude or include certain subparts of
+     the user's Maildir would be a very nice feature to have.
 
 +    Index more headers.  Some desired headers: