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+[[!img notmuch-logo.png alt="Notmuch logo" class="left"]]
 # How to...
 
 Some tips about how to do some useful things with notmuch, and the
@@ -39,8 +40,23 @@ utilities support these formats:
 
 * [fetchmail](http://fetchmail.berlios.de/)
 
-See the [[initial_tagging]] page for more info on initial tagging of
-messages.
+* [muchsync](http://www.muchsync.org/) - replicate and synchronize
+  your notmuch database (mail and tags) across machines
+
+See more exhaustive list of [[software]] notmuch works with and the
+[[initial_tagging]] page for more info on initial tagging of messages.
+
+
+## <span id="send_mail">**Send mail**</span>
+
+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/).
+
+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
+
 
 ## <span id="sync_maildir_flags">**Sync notmuch tags and maildir flags**</span>
 
@@ -62,21 +78,7 @@ refer to the mailing list.
 
 ## <span id="python">**Use notmuch from python**</span>
 
-Notmuch includes python bindings to the notmuch shared library. Please
-refer to the nice and extensive
-[notmuch python API documentation](http://notmuch.readthedocs.org/).
-
-The bindings are very simple to use.  As an example, given you have
-the python bindings installed (or simply set your PYTHONPATH
-environment variable to point to the .../bindings/python directory),
-this snippet will produce a list of mails matching the given
-expression:
-
-        >>> import notmuch
-        >>> db = notmuch.Database()
-        >>> query = db.create_query('tag:inbox AND NOT tag:killed')
-        >>> list(query.search_messages()) # doctest:+ELLIPSIS
-        [...]
+See the [[Notmuch Library Language Bindings|bindings]] page.
 
 ## <span id="print_filenames">**Using notmuch with Mutt**</span>
 
@@ -125,6 +127,22 @@ output.  Using the instructions from [Gmane's
 site](http://gmane.org/export.php), we can download an mbox file, which we
 can then convert to maildir using mb2md or other utility.
 
+Please note that mail delivered by Postfix will have envelope headers
+that may cause notmuch to complain about "single-message mbox files".
+Removing the first line from the message or passing it through
+reformail will solve the problem.
+
 ## <span id="special_tags">**Take advantage of tags that are special to notmuch**</span>
 
 See [[tags special to notmuch|special-tags]].
+
+
+## <span id="special_tags">**Index all your gpg-encrypted email**</span>
+
+If you don't mind replacing your encrypted emails with cleartext versions and
+re-indexing them, there are some scripts that do that at
+[github](https://github.com/mmehnert/maildir-decrypt) . That would make sense
+in a scenario where you have encrypted your hard disk anyway and are
+comfortable with the security implications (and until notmuch can index
+encrypted email itself).
+