From: Stewart Smith <stewart@flamingspork.com>
To: Bart Massey <bart@po8.org>
Cc: Notmuch Mail <notmuch@notmuchmail.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Added mail directory filename pattern support.
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:15:42 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100223061542.GR17878@flamingspork.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1NjeZ1-0001qw-HZ@po8.org>
On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 12:07:31PM -0800, Bart Massey wrote:
> Typically, the filenames in a mail directory that actually
> contain mail obey some specific format. For example, in my
> MH email directory, all mail filenames consist only of
> digits.
>
> This patch adds support for a config file variable
> "filename_pattern" which maybe set to a regex used to filter
> only valid mail filenames when scanning. Effective use of
> filename_pattern cuts down on the noise from notmuch, and
> may speed it up in some cases.
What about the other way around?
e.g. if anybody has ever pointed Evolution at a Maildir, you get a
bunch of Maildir-name.ev-summary and .ev-summary-meta and .ibex.index
and whatever.
A default list of ignored patterns would be pretty easy to come up with.
--
Stewart Smith
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-02-23 6:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-02-22 20:07 [PATCH] Added mail directory filename pattern support Bart Massey
2010-02-23 6:15 ` Stewart Smith [this message]
2010-02-23 21:31 ` Bart Massey
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