X-Git-Url: https://git.cworth.org/git?p=notmuch-wiki;a=blobdiff_plain;f=notmuch-mutt.mdwn;h=e4f02ea9f816413999a703de91c866c140b7e30a;hp=01c829af670959d0ca26564a4e77964b821874f2;hb=HEAD;hpb=519ae2e73ef146c69e0f01ec57ea1602a9078a44 diff --git a/notmuch-mutt.mdwn b/notmuch-mutt.mdwn index 01c829a..e4f02ea 100644 --- a/notmuch-mutt.mdwn +++ b/notmuch-mutt.mdwn @@ -1,20 +1,19 @@ [[!img notmuch-logo.png alt="Notmuch logo" class="left"]] -# Using Notmuch with Mutt +# Using Notmuch with bare Mutt, the old fashioned way 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, each with its own ups and downs: +The `notmuch-mutt` script shipping with Notmuch bridges the gap between Notmuch +and Mutt. -* Using - [notmuch-mutt](http://git.notmuchmail.org/git/notmuch/tree/HEAD:/contrib/notmuch-mutt), +## Using + [notmuch-mutt](https://git.notmuchmail.org/git/notmuch/tree/HEAD:/contrib/notmuch-mutt), which will create a "virtual" maildir folder with search results whenever a search is made. The upside is that you can search all your folders - simultanously; the downside is that your modifications in the results listing + simultaneously; the downside is that your modifications in the results listing do not carry over, also having to switch folders comes with some more annoyances. @@ -29,7 +28,7 @@ principal possibilities, each with its own ups and downs: [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.) -* Using a simple macro that will emulate the "limit" mutt functionality +## Using a simple macro that will emulate the "limit" mutt functionality using notmuch. See the [alternative notmuch integration](http://log.or.cz/?p=228) @@ -46,3 +45,7 @@ principal possibilities, each with its own ups and downs: your original folder. The downside is that this approach has scaling problems and works well only for reasonably specific queries. +## Using [notmuchfs](https://github.com/tsto/notmuchfs) + + Notmuchfs provides virtual maildirs at the file system level, and mutt can be + placed on top. See [README.mutt](https://github.com/tsto/notmuchfs/blob/master/README.MUTT.md)