-# Why Notmuch?
+[[!img notmuch-logo.png alt="Notmuch logo" class="left"]]
+# Notmuch -- The mail indexer
+
+## Why Notmuch?
* "Not much mail" is what Notmuch thinks about your email
collection. Even if you receive 12000 messages per month or have on
here? Not much. </ul>
Notmuch is still in the early stages of development, but there are
-already three user interfaces available for it (one for emacs, one for
-vim, and another using curses for running within a terminal). 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.
+already two user interfaces available for it (one for emacs and one
+for vim). 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.
Otherwise, 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.
+## Documentation
+
+So far, there is not much documentation. Eventually, the wiki will
+contain a reference for users. This is what we have so far:
+
+* [Initial Tagging](/initial_tagging)
+* [Emacstips](/emacstips)
+
+Apart from the wiki, help is available via email. Join the mailing
+list. Read the archives. Ask questions.
+
+## Source code
+
Either way, please feel free to jump in. All of the code for Notmuch
is available as <a
href="http://www.fsf.org/licensing/essays/free-sw.html">free
-software</a> released under the GNU GPL version 3. The latest versions
+software</a> released under the GNU
+<a href="http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl.html">GPL version
+3</a>. The latest versions
can be checked out via git with this command:
git clone git://notmuchmail.org/git/notmuch
-Or you can browse the <a href="http://git.notmuchmail.org/git/notmuch">
-Notmuch code history</a> online.
+You can browse the <a
+href="http://git.notmuchmail.org/git/notmuch">Notmuch code history</a>
+online. And finally, you can <a
+href="http://notmuchmail.org/mailman/listinfo/notmuch-commits">subscribe
+to the notmuch-commits list</a> to watch every commit made to notmuch
+and the notmuchmail.org web site.
Patches are most welcome and should be sent to notmuch@notmuchmail.org.
Please try to follow the [patch submission guidelines of the Git
project](http://repo.or.cz/w/git.git?a=blob;f=Documentation/SubmittingPatches;hb=HEAD)
when submitting patches to notmuch. We are currently test-driving a [Patchwork
-instance](http://patchwork.madduck.net/project/notmuch) to help us keep track
-of [the patches](http://patchwork.madduck.net/project/notmuch/list).
+instance](http://patchwork.notmuchmail.org/project/notmuch) to help us keep track
+of [the patches](http://patchwork.notmuchmail.org/project/notmuch/list).
+
+## Contact: Email & IRC
Comments? Please feel free to email the notmuch mailing list:
notmuch@notmuchmail.org (subscription is not required, but you can
-<a href="http://notmuchmail.org/mailman/listinfo/notmuch">subscribe to
-the notmuch list</a> if you would like to). You can also browse the
+subscribe to the [notmuch list](http://notmuchmail.org/mailman/listinfo/notmuch) if you would like to). You can also browse the
<a href="http://notmuchmail.org/pipermail/notmuch/">online archives</a>
-or the mailing list or download an <a href="http://notmuchmail.org/archives/notmuch.mbox">mbox file</a>
-of the entire mailing-list. The mb2md utility can then be used to
-convert the archives to maildir format which is convenient for
-reading the archives within notmuch itself.
+of the mailing list, read them as a <a href="http://n3.nabble.com/notmuch-f198994.html">web forum (nabble)</a>, or download a <a href="http://notmuchmail.org/archives/notmuch.mbox">mbox file</a> of the entire mailing-list.
+
+The mb2md utility can be used to convert the archives to maildir format which is convenient for reading the archives within notmuch itself.
+
+If you prefer real-time chat, there is often someone on the [#notmuch](irc://chat.freenode.net/#notmuch)@irc.freenode.net IRC channel.
+
+## Feature ideas - bin list
+
+We have started a <a href="http://notmuchmail.org/feature-requests/">feature requests</a> page on this wiki.
+No, things you add there won't automatically get implemented - but it's a nice way to collect ideas.
+
+## Emacs Tips and Tricks
+
+The best supported interface to notmuch is based on emacs and can be tweaked extensively. We have started to collect some tips and tricks [here](/emacstips).
-This wiki is maintained used [ikiwiki](http://ikiwiki.info). You can pull and
-push changes using the following URL (no authentication necessary):
+### Website
- git://notmuchmail.org/git/notmuch-wiki
+This wiki is maintained using
+[ikiwiki](http://ikiwiki.info). Instructions on how to edit it can be
+found [here](/wikiwriteaccess).
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