X-Git-Url: https://git.cworth.org/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=index.mdwn;h=cc684bf463d11ac8215b60c1d4c2729e6a8a720f;hb=1a57885ca77d52569fdf80605006777ab8d4e613;hp=d73703a1e4a6ef177cf177cb38c5fe6ea3941475;hpb=aee253a6f23f9f84a6f80f4976e59af3de340851;p=notmuch-wiki diff --git a/index.mdwn b/index.mdwn index d73703a..cc684bf 100644 --- a/index.mdwn +++ b/index.mdwn @@ -1,9 +1,22 @@ [[!img notmuch-logo.png alt="Notmuch logo" class="left"]] # Notmuch -- Just an email system -## Why Notmuch? +If you've been looking for a fast, global-search and tag-based email +system to use within your text editor or in a terminal... + +If you're the kind of person that gets excited about being able to +write shell scripts for exploring and manipulating your email... + +If you're a developer of an existing email program and would love a +good library interface for fast, global search with support for +arbitrary tags... + +If you want the convenience of fast, reliable search of all your +email, but don't want to give a 3rd-party access to your email... + +Then notmuch may be exactly what you've been looking for. -Because dealing with your mail can be so much better. +## Why is it named Notmuch? * "Not much mail" is what Notmuch thinks about your email collection. Even if you receive 12000 messages per month or have on @@ -34,15 +47,6 @@ Because dealing with your mail can be so much better. interface and Xapian does all the heavy lifting, then what's left here? Not much. -If you've been looking for a fast, global-search and tag-based email -reader to use within your text editor or in a terminal, then Notmuch -may be exactly what you've been looking for. - -If you're a developer of an existing email program and would love a -good library interface for fast, global search with support for -arbitrary tags, then Notmuch also may be exactly what you've been -looking for. - ## News [[The latest news from notmuch|news]] @@ -50,9 +54,9 @@ looking for. ## Documentation To get started with notmuch, just run "notmuch" at the command line. -The configuration wizard 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 docs: +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: * [[Notmuch manual pages|manpages]] * [[General how-tos|howto]] @@ -64,6 +68,7 @@ the initial indexing. After that, come back and checkout our docs: * [[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. @@ -71,7 +76,7 @@ below). Join the mailing list. Read the archives. Ask questions. ## Email clients and front ends Notmuch ships with a powerful set of [[command-line tools|manpages]], an -[[email client for Emacs|emacstips]], another +[[email client for Emacs|notmuch-emacs]], another [client for vim](http://git.notmuchmail.org/git/notmuch/blob/HEAD:/vim/README), and a [[Mutt integration script|notmuch-mutt]]. @@ -87,18 +92,19 @@ Notmuch. And a few tips about integrating it with [[Mutt|mutttips]] and [[Vim|vi [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) * [Fedora](https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/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 Mac OS X using [MacPorts](https://www.macports.org/ports.php?by=name&substr=notmuch). - ## Development and Contributing All of the code for Notmuch is available as [free @@ -127,7 +133,7 @@ Contributions, such as patches, to Notmuch are most welcome. Please refer to the For hints about troubleshooting and bug reporting see [[bugs]]. -For a list of known bugs see the [[nmbug status page|http://nmbug.tethera.net/status/#Bugs]] +For a list of known bugs see the [[nmbug status page|http://nmbug.notmuchmail.org/status/#Bugs]] ## Contact: Email & IRC @@ -159,6 +165,6 @@ for non-subscribers. ## 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]].