[[The latest news from notmuch|news]]
-## Documentation
+## Getting Started
-To get started with notmuch, just run "notmuch" at the command line.
+To get started with Notmuch, just run "notmuch" at the command line.
This command will walk you through initial setup, including specifying
the location of your mail store and how to start the initial indexing.
-After that, come back and checkout our documentation:
+
+For a little more detailed guide, see [[Getting Started with
+Notmuch|getting-started]].
+
+## Documentation
* [[Notmuch manual pages|manpages]]
* [[General how-tos|howto]]
* [[Remote usage|remoteusage]]
* [[Performance|performance]]
* [[References|references]]
+ * [[Notmuch Library Language Bindings|bindings]]
Apart from the wiki, help is available via email and on IRC (see
below). Join the mailing list. Read the archives. Ask questions.
[Notmuch source releases](http://notmuchmail.org/releases/) are available as
source tar balls.
-Notmuch is packaged for at least the following distributions:
+Notmuch is packaged for at least the following operating systems and
+distributions:
* [Arch Linux](https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?q=notmuch)
* [Debian](http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=notmuch)
* [Gentoo](http://packages.gentoo.org/package/net-mail/notmuch)
* [NetBSD](http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/current/pkgsrc/mail/notmuch/README.html)
* [openSUSE](https://build.opensuse.org/search?search_text=notmuch)
+* OS X [Homebrew](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/blob/master/Library/Formula/notmuch.rb), [MacPorts](https://www.macports.org/ports.php?by=name&substr=notmuch), or [pkgsrc](http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/current/pkgsrc/mail/notmuch/README.html).
* [Slackware](http://slackbuilds.org/repository/13.37/office/notmuch/)
* [Ubuntu](http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=notmuch)
-Notmuch can be installed on OS X using [Homebrew](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/blob/master/Library/Formula/notmuch.rb), [MacPorts](https://www.macports.org/ports.php?by=name&substr=notmuch), or [pkgsrc](http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/current/pkgsrc/mail/notmuch/README.html).
-
## Development and Contributing
All of the code for Notmuch is available as [free
For hints about troubleshooting and bug reporting see [[bugs]].
-For a list of known bugs see the [[nmbug status page|http://nmbug.notmuchmail.org/status/#Bugs]]
+For a list of known bugs see the [[nmbug status page|http://nmbug.notmuchmail.org/status/#Bugs]].
## Contact: Email & IRC
itself.
If you prefer real-time chat, there is often someone on the
-[#notmuch](irc://chat.freenode.net/#notmuch)@irc.freenode.net IRC
-channel.
+[#notmuch](irc://chat.freenode.net/#notmuch)@irc.freenode.net IRC channel. Don't
+ask if you can ask a question, just ask, and please wait for an answer, we might
+not be in your timezone.
## Feature ideas
## Website
-This wiki is maintained using [ikiwiki](http://ikiwiki.info). Here are
-[[instructions on how to edit the wiki|wikiwriteaccess]]. The wiki contents are
-mostly [[dual licensed under CC-BY-SA-3.0 and GPLv3+|COPYING]].
+This website is a wiki, maintained using [ikiwiki](http://ikiwiki.info). Here
+are [[instructions on how to edit the wiki|wikiwriteaccess]]. The wiki contents
+are mostly [[dual licensed under CC-BY-SA-3.0 and GPLv3+|COPYING]].