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 This is your friendly guide and tutorial to getting started with Notmuch. It
 will help you through the first steps of setting up Notmuch.
 
+All Notmuch commands have [[manual pages|manpages]]. Please refer to them for
+details.
+
 ## Prerequisites
 
 In order to use Notmuch, you will need to have your email messages stored in
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 ## Delivering New Messages
 
+Notmuch itself does not receive messages. There is no IMAP or POP support. You
+will need to set up other tools, such as fetchmail, offlineimap, or mbsync, to
+receive the messages.
+
+There are two ways to deliver and index messages:
+
+* Use an external tool (such as offlineimap or mbsync) to deliver the messages
+  to your mail store, and run `notmuch new` to discover and index the newly
+  delivered messages (and any other changes in the mail store).
+
+* Use an external tool (such as fetchmail) receive the messages, and configure
+  the tool to use `notmuch insert` as a Mail Delivery Agent to deliver the
+  messages to your mail store and index them.
+
 ## Automation Via Hooks
 
 ## Backing up and Restoring the Database