From bfe94051ca5ed3d26ef3378d6ec37c1985029a86 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jameson Rollins Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2010 14:27:11 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] add some more howtos about receiving mail, and the python bindings --- howto.mdwn | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/howto.mdwn b/howto.mdwn index c62409f..b7cb71f 100644 --- a/howto.mdwn +++ b/howto.mdwn @@ -4,12 +4,40 @@ Some tips about how to do some useful things with notmuch, and the various "third party" notmuch utilities. +* Receiving mail + + Notmuch requires either [maildir + flag](http://cr.yp.to/proto/maildir.html) or a "mh"-style + maildirectory to operate on. Basically any setup in which each mail + is in a file of it's own will work. Here are some generally + well-regarded mail retrieval tools: + + * [offlineimap](http://software.complete.org/software/projects/show/offlineimap) - quite + useful and widely tested, it also offers a handy hook that + will come in useful a bit later in our setup. Also supports + "presynchook" and "postsynchook" command that will get run + whenever you sync. Point _postsynchook_ to a script that gets run + on every sync and that will do the automatic updating and tagging + of your notmuch database. + + * [mbsync](http://isync.sourceforge.net/) + + * [getmail](http://pyropus.ca/software/getmail/) + + * [fetchmail](http://fetchmail.berlios.de/) + +See the [initial tagging page](/initial_taggin) for more info on intial tagging of messages. + * Print only filenames of a search - Given you have the python bindings installed (or simply set your - PYTHONPATH environment variable to point to the .../bindings/python - directory), this script will print the filenames of a matching - search: + Notmuch includes python bindings to the notmuch shared library, + called [cnotmuch](http://pypi.python.org/pypi/cnotmuch). Extensive + API documentation available. + + The bindings are very simple to use. As an example, given you have + the python bindings installed (or simply set your PYTHONPATH + environment variable to point to the .../bindings/python directory), + this script will print the filenames of a matching search: #!/usr/bin/env python import sys @@ -32,8 +60,8 @@ various "third party" notmuch utilities. ways in which you can achieve synchronization. [notmuchsync](http://spaetz.github.com/notmuchsync/) is a utility - that allows synchronization in either direction, as well as pruning - of deleted files. + (based on the cnotmuch python bindings) that allows synchronization + in either direction, as well as pruning of deleted files. The second solution allows for fast maildir flag to notmuch tag synchronization (and only in that direction) requires patching the @@ -41,4 +69,3 @@ various "third party" notmuch utilities. *id:1267450136-31749-1-git-send-email-Sebastian@SSpaeth.de* and can be viewed as a [source diff in this git repository](http://github.com/spaetz/notmuch-all-feature/commit/df3b087cefb85e9d16fd17540e348bcb854dd7ee). - -- 2.43.0