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@@ -49,13 +49,16 @@ See more exhaustive list of [[software]] notmuch works with and the
## **Send mail**
-By default, NotMuch uses sendmail to send your mail. But if you prefer
-a simpler solution like msmtp, first [install and configure msmtp](http://msmtp.sourceforge.net/).
+Notmuch does not send your mail. The frontends (MUAs) that utilize notmuch
+does that. Often these MUAs use sendmail(8) to send your mail.
+
+If you prefer a simpler solution like msmtp, first
+[install and configure msmtp](http://msmtp.sourceforge.net/).
Then create a symbolic link so that msmtp will be called instead of sendmail
when you press the keyboard shortcut to send your message.
- $ sudo ln -s /usr/bin/msmtp /usr/local/bin/sendmail
+ $ sudo ln -s /usr/bin/msmtp /usr/sbin/sendmail
## **Sync notmuch tags and maildir flags**
@@ -92,15 +95,15 @@ However, for users running with databases created in older versions of
notmuch, these tags are missing in pre-existing messages and need to be
added. One way to do this is as follows:
- $ notmuch dump --output=~/out.nm
+ $ notmuch dump --output=$HOME/out.nm
$ mv ~/Mail/.notmuch ~/.notmuch.bak
$ notmuch new
$ notmuch tag -inbox -unread '*'
- $ notmuch restore --accumulate --input=~/out.nm
+ $ notmuch restore --accumulate --input=$HOME/out.nm
At this point, one should run a sanity check on the tags, and if everything
has merged correctly, the ~/.notmuch.bak directory is expendable, as is
-~/out.nm.
+$HOME/out.nm.
## **Dealing with mbox and other formats**