X-Git-Url: https://git.cworth.org/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=initial_tagging.mdwn;h=3ff2b86ab29341aa2c04a836a883aa9e3d03f8a7;hb=eebbf8627b5b7f21e416ddf845800d2d298f9a31;hp=40e9acfd5cdc2c10f67a84833024ac6ef22388c2;hpb=cb537693246b99ef999d3ae7c52051663b03d41f;p=notmuch-wiki diff --git a/initial_tagging.mdwn b/initial_tagging.mdwn index 40e9acf..3ff2b86 100644 --- a/initial_tagging.mdwn +++ b/initial_tagging.mdwn @@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ This page collects scripts and strategies for organizing mail using notmuch and doing automated initial tagging. Here's a very general and ad-hoc approach to initial message tagging. -The [new] config section allows you to control which tags new messages -receive. This sets all new messages to get the "new" tag: +The `[new]` config section allows you to control which tags new messages +receive. This sets all new messages to get the *new* tag: [new] tags=new; -After running "notmuch new", all new messages will be marked "new". +After running `notmuch new`, all new messages will be marked *new*. You can then do various tag post-processing by just acting on messages with that tag. For instance, a post-processing script might do the following: @@ -24,13 +24,14 @@ following: # tag all message from notmuch mailing list notmuch tag +notmuch -- to:notmuch@notmuchmail.org - # finally, retag all "new" messages s "inbox" and "unread" + # finally, retag all "new" messages "inbox" and "unread" notmuch tag +inbox +unread -new -- tag:new Since the post-processing is only acting on a few messages, it is generally extrememly fast. -## Other solutions + +# Other solutions * [This email](http://notmuchmail.org/pipermail/notmuch/2010/001691.html) @@ -45,3 +46,22 @@ generally extrememly fast. the inbox tag as a "new mail" flag. It is email id:87hbp5j9dv.fsf@hackervisions.org in the notmuch mailing list archives. + +* [This email](http://notmuchmail.org/pipermail/notmuch/2011/003976.html) + details another user's setup, which uses a dedicated tag for marking new mail, + which is then sorted with a python script using Bogofilter for spam detection. + This is generally a great deal faster than a shell-scripted approach. + This approach introduces a workflow built around a "watch" tag. Here, the user + is only presented with threads as they are started. At this point the user can + choose to watch the thread, in which case future messages will be tagged with + "inbox", or ignore it. This provides an excellent means for dealing with a + large flux of messages with a low signal-to-noise. It is email + id:"87tyfu3k5a.fsf@gmail.com" in the notmuch mailing list archives. + + +# Notmuch Delivery Agent -- `notmuch-deliver` + +The [Notmuch Delivery Agent](http://github.com/alip/notmuch-deliver/) +([announcement](http://notmuchmail.org/pipermail/notmuch/2010/002871.html)) is +a tool for delivering emails to maildir, add them to the Notmuch database, and +tag them as desired.