<h1>NOTMUCH(1)</h1>
<h2>NAME</h2>
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notmuch - thread-based email index, search, and tagging
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<h2>SYNOPSIS</h2>
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<b>notmuch</b> <u>command</u> [<u>args</u> ...]
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<h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
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Notmuch is a command-line based program for indexing, searching, read-
ing, and tagging large collections of email messages.
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This page describes how to get started using notmuch from the command
line, and gives a brief overview of the commands available. For more
- information on e.g. <b>notmuch</b> <b>show</b> consult the <b>notmuch-show</b>(1) man page,
+ information on e.g. <b>notmuch</b> <b>show</b> consult the <a href='../notmuch-show-1/'>notmuch-show</a>(1) man page,
also accessible via <b>notmuch</b> <b>help</b> <b>show</b>
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The quickest way to get started with Notmuch is to simply invoke the
<b>notmuch</b> command with no arguments, which will interactively guide you
through the process of indexing your mail.
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<h2>NOTE</h2>
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While the command-line program <b>notmuch</b> provides powerful functionality,
it does not provide the most convenient interface for that functional-
<h2>COMMANDS</h2>
-<h3>SETUP</h3>
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+<h3> SETUP</h3>
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The <b>notmuch</b> <b>setup</b> command is used to configure Notmuch for first use,
(or to reconfigure it later).
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The setup command will prompt for your full name, your primary email
address, any alternate email addresses you use, and the directory con-
taining your email archives. Your answers will be written to a configu-
This configuration file will be created with descriptive comments, mak-
ing it easy to edit by hand later to change the configuration. Or you
can run <b>notmuch</b> <b>setup</b> again to change the configuration.
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The mail directory you specify can contain any number of sub-directo-
ries and should primarily contain only files with individual email mes-
sages (eg. maildir or mh archives are perfect). If there are other,
non-email files (such as indexes maintained by other email programs)
then notmuch will do its best to detect those and ignore them.
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Mail storage that uses mbox format, (where one mbox file contains many
- messages), will not work with notmuch. If that's how your mail is cur-
+ messages), will not work with notmuch. If that's how your mail is cur-
rently stored, it is recommended you first convert it to maildir format
with a utility such as mb2md before running <b>notmuch</b> <b>setup</b> <b>.</b>
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Invoking <b>notmuch</b> with no command argument will run <b>setup</b> if the setup
command has not previously been completed.
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-<h3>OTHER COMMANDS</h3>
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+<h3> OTHER COMMANDS</h3>
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Several of the notmuch commands accept search terms with a common syn-
tax. See notmuch-search-terms(7) for more details on the supported syn-
tax.
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- The <b>search</b>, <b>show</b> and <b>count</b> commands are used to query the email
- database.
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+ The <b>search</b>, <b>show</b> and <b>count</b> commands are used to query the email data-
+ base.
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The <b>reply</b> command is useful for preparing a template for an email
reply.
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The <b>tag</b> command is the only command available for manipulating database
contents.
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The <b>dump</b> and <b>restore</b> commands can be used to create a textual dump of
email tags for backup purposes, and to restore from that dump.
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The <b>config</b> command can be used to get or set settings int the notmuch
configuration file.
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<h2>ENVIRONMENT</h2>
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The following environment variables can be used to control the behavior
of notmuch.
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<b>NOTMUCH</b>_<b>CONFIG</b>
Specifies the location of the notmuch configuration file. Not-
much will use ${HOME}/.notmuch-config if this variable is not
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<h2>SEE ALSO</h2>
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- <b>notmuch-config</b>(1), <b>notmuch-count</b>(1), <b>notmuch-dump</b>(1), <b>notmuch-hooks</b>(5),
- <b>notmuch-new</b>(1), <b>notmuch-reply</b>(1), <b>notmuch-restore</b>(1), <b>notmuch-</b>
- <b>search</b>(1), <b>notmuch-search-terms</b>(7), <b>notmuch-show</b>(1), <b>notmuch-tag</b>(1)
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+ <a href='../notmuch-config-1/'>notmuch-config</a>(1), <a href='../notmuch-count-1/'>notmuch-count</a>(1), <a href='../notmuch-dump-1/'>notmuch-dump</a>(1), <a href='../notmuch-hooks-5/'>notmuch-hooks</a>(5),
+ <a href='../notmuch-new-1/'>notmuch-new</a>(1), <a href='../notmuch-reply-1/'>notmuch-reply</a>(1), <a href='../notmuch-restore-1/'>notmuch-restore</a>(1), <a href='../notmuch-search-1/'>notmuch-</a>
+ <a href='../notmuch-search-1/'>search</a>(1)
+, <a href='../notmuch-search-terms-7/'>notmuch-search-terms</a>(7), <a href='../notmuch-show-1/'>notmuch-show</a>(1), <a href='../notmuch-tag-1/'>notmuch-tag</a>(1)
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The notmuch website: <b>http://notmuchmail.org</b>
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<h2>CONTACT</h2>
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Feel free to send questions, comments, or kudos to the notmuch mailing
- list <notmuch@notmuchmail.org> . Subscription is not required before
+ list <notmuch@notmuchmail.org> . Subscription is not required before
posting, but is available from the notmuchmail.org website.
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Real-time interaction with the Notmuch community is available via IRC
(server: irc.freenode.net, channel: #notmuch).
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