X-Git-Url: https://git.cworth.org/git?p=notmuch-wiki;a=blobdiff_plain;f=bugs.mdwn;h=d2b743fa4f6d01acb1696bc1ca2ce12bb2c89c27;hp=d1b6d5f1702ce818d3011b22c138e82976794509;hb=HEAD;hpb=7c24aa421c4c85fac31f73e1e271cde11af10966 diff --git a/bugs.mdwn b/bugs.mdwn index d1b6d5f..d2b743f 100644 --- a/bugs.mdwn +++ b/bugs.mdwn @@ -11,6 +11,14 @@ search" or "notmuch show"; it's easier for us to debug if the problem is there, and it's useful to know if the problem is introduced by a front end. +## Understanding the structure of a problematic message + +The script +[print-mime-structure](https://git.spwhitton.name/mailscripts/plain/email-print-mime-structure) +prints out the mime structure of an email message as a (text) +tree. This is usually safe to share and can help people understand +your problem. + ## Troubleshooting the Emacs interface It's very easy for Emacs packages to interfere with each other. For @@ -36,7 +44,7 @@ If you submit lots of bugs and/or patches, you may want become involved with this tagging process, but feel free to just send mail to the list; someone will tag messages appropriately. The status of bugs and current patches can also be followed -[online](http://nmbug.notmuchmail.org/status). +[online](https://nmbug.notmuchmail.org/status). ## Debugging Queries @@ -53,3 +61,8 @@ For example: Xapian::Query() Final query is: Xapian::Query((Tmail AND Zbig:(pos=1) AND Zbrown:(pos=2) AND Zfox:(pos=3))) + +## Rescuing your tags. + +If you're database is corrupt and you don't have a backup, a modified version of [xapian-check](https://git.xapian.org/?p=xapian;a=blob;f=README.notmuch;hb=refs/heads/notmuch-tag-rescue-hack) might still save your tags. +