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+[[!img notmuch-logo.png alt="Notmuch logo" class="left"]]
+
+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 not seamless, but fairly straightforward. There are two
+principal possibilities, either using a patched mutt that handles internally
+notmuch, or use a sets of scripts/handler within mutt to achieve something close.
+
+[[!toc levels=2]]
+
+# Using Notmuch with the good old mutt
+
+There's a page about the [[notmuch-mutt]] scripts that are distributed along
+with notmuch, in its contrib directory.
+
+# Using Notmuch with mutt-kz
+
+Here is a tip about how to set up [mutt-kz](https://github.com/karelzak/mutt-kz), a fork
+of the mutt MUA with support of notmuch integrated.
+
+## Install:
+
+You'll need to first have notmuch installed and the notmuch library available to
+configure. Otherwise, it is a good old autoconf setup, so here it goes:
+
+ git clone https://github.com/karelzak/mutt-kz.git
+ cd mutt-kz
+ ./configure && make && make install
+
+## Configuration:
+
+Here is my `.muttrc` I use with `mutt-kz`, explainations as comments:
+
+ # notmuch
+ set nm_default_uri="notmuch:///PATH/TO/MY/Maildir" # path to the maildir
+ set virtual_spoolfile=yes # enable virtual folders
+ set sendmail="/PATH/TO/bin/nm_sendmail" # enables parsing of outgoing mail
+ virtual-mailboxes \
+ "INBOX" "notmuch://?query=tag:INBOX and NOT tag:archive"\
+ "Unread" "notmuch://?query=tag:unread"\
+ "Starred" "notmuch://?query=tag:*"\
+ "Sent" "notmuch://?query=tag:sent" # sets up queries for virtual folders
+ # notmuch bindings
+ macro index \\\\ "<vfolder-from-query>" # looks up a hand made query
+ macro index A "<modify-labels>+archive -unread -inbox\\n" # tag as Archived
+ macro index I "<modify-labels>-inbox -unread\\n" # removed from inbox
+ macro index S "<modify-labels-then-hide>-inbox -unread +junk\\n" # tag as Junk mail
+ macro index + "<modify-labels>+*\\n<sync-mailbox>" # tag as starred
+ macro index - "<modify-labels>-*\\n<sync-mailbox>" # tag as unstarred
+ # sidebar
+ set sidebar_width = 20
+ set sidebar_visible = yes # set to "no" to disable sidebar view at startup
+ color sidebar_new yellow default
+ # sidebar bindings
+ bind index <left> sidebar-prev # got to previous folder in sidebar
+ bind index <right> sidebar-next # got to next folder in sidebar
+ bind index <space> sidebar-open # open selected folder from sidebar
+ # sidebar toggle
+ macro index ,@) "<enter-command> set sidebar_visible=no; macro index ~ ,@( 'Toggle sidebar'<Enter>"
+ macro index ,@( "<enter-command> set sidebar_visible=yes; macro index ~ ,@) 'Toggle sidebar'<Enter>"
+ macro index ~ ,@( 'Toggle sidebar' # toggle the sidebar
+
+There is no major difference with the standard mutt. Just a new concept (and URL) the
+virtual folder, that is addressed as `notmuch://`, a few new settings and commands.
+
+## Using:
+
+when you open `mutt` you get the INBOX opened. There you can crawl through your
+mails, and tag them as appropriate, either manually using the " ` " command, or using
+the bindings defined in configuration (such as A/I/S/+/-).
+
+## Mail tagging on sending
+
+You may have noticed in `mutt-kz`'s configuration that I set the `sendmail` variable
+of mutt to a `nm_sendmail` script. This is for tagging outgoing mail each time I send
+a mail. Here is the content of the script (which may be used directly in mutt's
+variable, I did not try).
+
+Source of `nm_sendmail`:
+
+ #!/bin/bash
+ tee >(notmuch-deliver -t sent -f Sent) | sendmail $*
+
+## Mail filtering/tagging
+
+For mail tagging on arrival, I prefer to use a simple procmail delivery along with
+notmuch-delivery (which can be compiled in the `contrib/` directory of notmuch's sources).
+
+Of course, you could use formail or maildrop, instead of procmail, but it is flexible
+enough for my needs, and here is an example of configuration that can be useful:
+
+ PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin
+
+ # ensure each mail is unique
+ :0 Wh: msgid.lock
+ | formail -D 8192 msgid.cache
+
+ # update addressbook with current mail
+ :0 Wh
+ | /usr/local/bin/notmuch_abook update
+
+ NOINBOX="-r inbox"
+ TAGS=""
+
+ # manage dynamic tagging, using the ' + ' token in mail addresses
+ # e.g.: user+TAG@fqdn.tld will generate the tag TAG
+ :0:notmuch.lock
+ * ^TO\/user\+[a-z0-9]+@fqdn\.tld
+ * MATCH ?? ^user\+\/[a-z0-9]+
+ {
+ TAGS="-t ${MATCH}"
+ }
+
+ # match all mails from mailing-lists, don't let them go to inbox, but tag them with ml
+ :0:notmuch.lock
+ * ^List-[Ii][dD]:.*
+ {
+ TAGS="${TAGS} -t ml -r inbox"
+ }
+
+ # tag all mails coming from mutt-kz mailing list
+ :0:notmuch.lock
+ * .*mutt-kz\.lists\.fedoraproject\.org.*
+ | notmuch-deliver $TAGS -t mutt -t notmuch
+
+ # tag all mails coming from notmuch mailing list
+ :0:notmuch.lock
+ * .*notmuch\.notmuchmail\.org.*
+ | notmuch-deliver $TAGS -t notmuch
+
+ # Mark all spams as junk mail
+ :0:notmuch.lock
+ * ^X-Spam-Status: Yes
+ | notmuch-deliver -t junk
+
+ :0:notmuch.lock
+ * ^Subject: .*SPAM.*
+ | notmuch-deliver -t junk
+
+ ### All unmatched mails
+ :0:notmuch.lock
+ * .*
+ | notmuch-deliver -v $TAGS
+
+there's a line that updates the addressbook with addresses of current mail, and you'll
+be able to read more about it on the [[vimtips]] page.
+
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