From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E7ED6DE12BD for ; Sun, 26 May 2019 09:18:42 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at cworth.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -0.042 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.042 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[AWL=-0.041, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=disabled Received: from arlo.cworth.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (arlo.cworth.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 8kLuaugljB7l for ; Sun, 26 May 2019 09:18:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fethera.tethera.net (fethera.tethera.net [198.245.60.197]) by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8D7336DE0F9E for ; Sun, 26 May 2019 09:18:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from remotemail by fethera.tethera.net with local (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hUvr5-0005ln-Fq for notmuch@notmuchmail.org; Sun, 26 May 2019 12:18:39 -0400 Received: (nullmailer pid 3752 invoked by uid 1000); Sun, 26 May 2019 16:18:42 -0000 From: David Bremner To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] NEWS: News for my changes for 0.29 In-Reply-To: <20190526115945.23413-1-david@tethera.net> References: <874l5hmog6.fsf@tethera.net> <20190526115945.23413-1-david@tethera.net> Date: Sun, 26 May 2019 13:18:42 -0300 Message-ID: <87imtxkx3x.fsf@tethera.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 26 May 2019 16:18:42 -0000 David Bremner writes: > These are pretty terse overall, and could be expanded in future > commits. > --- > NEWS | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+) [snip] > + > +Add support for gzip compressed mail messages (/not/ mboxes); > +e.g. `gzip -9 Maildir/cur/* && notmuch new" should work. > + I realized this example is problematic, since the maildir standard includes the naming of files (and this also affects maildir flag syncing in notmuch). Perhaps we should write something like "gzip -9 $MAIL/archive/big-file && notmuch new". I just learned that dovecot supports a "Z" flag for compressed files [1], so perhaps in future we could be compatible with that. I guess whether this is worthwhile will depend on the user. The 481 files in my mailstore with size at least 5M collectively occupy 3.9G and gzip down to 2.7G. Of course deleting those files would be an even bigger savings ;). [1]: https://wiki.dovecot.org/Plugins/Zlib