X-Git-Url: https://git.cworth.org/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=howto.mdwn;h=ed36b933d0109e2645e605f4886dcc4b9b7825f0;hb=c8cf09d6ef6fb22df03c6f738fb1b744a763dcfb;hp=12351d452f0fabe61befc1ca93c82546db485934;hpb=c2a1babf958cb98d7c16b0d901d94beeec20ff10;p=obsolete%2Fnotmuch-wiki diff --git a/howto.mdwn b/howto.mdwn index 12351d4..ed36b93 100644 --- a/howto.mdwn +++ b/howto.mdwn @@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ various "third party" notmuch utilities. [[!toc levels=2]] +## **Debian squeeze packages outdated** + +The notmuch package(s) in Debian squeeze are very old (version 0.3). +It's better to start off with an up to date version from +[backports](http://backports-master.debian.org/). + ## **Receive mail** Notmuch does not fetch mail for you. For that, you need to use an @@ -19,7 +25,7 @@ mbox mail store formats is not supported, but fortunately it is very easy to [[convert mbox to maildir|howto/#mbox]] . The following utilities support these formats: -* [offlineimap](https://github.com/nicolas33/offlineimap/) - +* [offlineimap](http://offlineimap.org/) - quite useful and widely tested, it also offers a handy hook that will come in useful a bit later in our setup. Also supports "presynchook" and "postsynchook" command that will get run