link to notmuch not the old cnotmuch

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@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ various "third party" notmuch utilities.
   Notmuch requires either [maildir
   flag](http://cr.yp.to/proto/maildir.html) or a "mh"-style
   maildirectory to operate on.  Basically any setup in which each mail
-  is in a file of it's own will work.  Here are some generally
+  is in a file of its own will work.  Here are some generally
   well-regarded mail retrieval tools:
 
   * [offlineimap](https://github.com/jgoerzen/offlineimap/wiki/) -
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@ various "third party" notmuch utilities.
 
   * [fetchmail](http://fetchmail.berlios.de/)
 
-  See the [initial tagging page](/initial_tagging) for more info on intial tagging of messages.
+  See the [[initial_tagging]] page for more info on intial tagging of messages.
 
 * <span id="print_filenames">**Print only filenames of a search (python bindings)**</span>
 
-  Notmuch includes python bindings to the notmuch shared library,
-  called [cnotmuch](http://pypi.python.org/pypi/cnotmuch).  Extensive
-  API documentation available.
+  Notmuch includes [python bindings](http://pypi.python.org/pypi/notmuch)
+  to the notmuch shared library. Extensive API documentation
+  [is available](http://packages.python.org/notmuch).
 
   The bindings are very simple to use.  As an example, given you have
   the python bindings installed (or simply set your PYTHONPATH
@@ -49,13 +49,17 @@ various "third party" notmuch utilities.
 
 * <span id="sync_maildir_flags">**Sync notmuch tags and maildir flags**</span>
 
+  notmuch **since version 0.5** syncs maildir flags and respective
+  tags in both directions. This part applies only to notmuch prior to
+  version 0.5:
+
   Some IMAP users rely on maildir flags that convey the status "seen",
   "replied", "trashed", in order to synchronize the status of their
   mail across mail clients (a [maildir
   flag](http://cr.yp.to/proto/maildir.html) is simply a defined part
   of their filename).  Notmuch will by default happily ignore those
   flags and will never modify them either, as there is no built-in
-  support for sunchronizing your notmuch tags with your imap maildir
+  support for synchronizing your notmuch tags with your imap maildir
   flags (seen, replied, trashed, etc). However there are currently 2
   ways in which you can achieve synchronization.
 
@@ -69,3 +73,27 @@ various "third party" notmuch utilities.
   *id:1267450136-31749-1-git-send-email-Sebastian@SSpaeth.de* and can
   be viewed as a [source diff in this git
   repository](http://github.com/spaetz/notmuch-all-feature/commit/df3b087cefb85e9d16fd17540e348bcb854dd7ee).
+
+* <span id="print_filenames">**Using notmuch with Mutt**</span>
+
+  Notmuch is a great mail indexing tool that can also be used *in conjunction*
+  with existing Mail User Agents (MUA) instead of replacing them. The advantage
+  of such mixed solutions is that users can benefit from notmuch features (such
+  as full-text search and thread reconstruction) without *having to* change
+  MUA.
+
+  A popular geek MUA is [the Mutt e-mail client](http://www.mutt.org);
+  integrating notmuch with Mutt is fairly straightforward. An
+  [**how to use Notmuch with Mutt**](http://upsilon.cc/~zack/blog/posts/2011/01/how_to_use_Notmuch_with_Mutt/)
+  has been written by Stefano Zacchiroli, together with some glue code. Check
+  out the
+  [howto](http://upsilon.cc/~zack/blog/posts/2011/01/how_to_use_Notmuch_with_Mutt/)
+  for more information.
+
+  <small>(Note by the howto author: I've linked the howto from this wiki rather
+  than splicing it in, in order to avoid duplication of information. If you
+  think it would be better to have it here, feel free to copy the text
+  here. The howto is
+  [available](http://git.upsilon.cc/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=zack-homepage.git;a=history;f=blog/posts/2011/01/how_to_use_Notmuch_with_Mutt.mdwn)
+  in markdown syntax from the Git repository of my homepage.)</small>
+