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David Edmondson <dme@dme.org> writes:

> It seems that only =E2=80=9Cnotmuch new=E2=80=9D is currently prepared to=
 create a new
> database, but it will also import all of my email before I have a chance
> to set the above parameters.
>
> It seems that the obvious answer is =E2=80=9Cnotmuch config=E2=80=9D will=
 create a
> database if necessary. Is that the plan?

Wouldn't it make sense to have "notmuch setup" do this?

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