* Use notmuch with thunderbird ?
@ 2015-06-18 8:53 Stu
2015-06-18 21:48 ` David Bremner
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From: Stu @ 2015-06-18 8:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: notmuch
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Hi all,
I use thunderbird to download mail from gmail with imap... this appears
in
.thunderbird/ckw5sbm3.default/ImapMail/imap.googlemail.com/[Google Mail].sbd
All Mail Bin Drafts Important Sent Mail Spam
Starred
All Mail.msf Bin.msf Drafts.msf Important.msf Sent Mail.msf Spam.msf
Starred.msf
I'm guessing these are all mbox files - is it safe to use notmuch with
these ?
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* Re: Use notmuch with thunderbird ?
2015-06-18 8:53 Use notmuch with thunderbird ? Stu
@ 2015-06-18 21:48 ` David Bremner
2015-06-18 23:51 ` Daniel Kahn Gillmor
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From: David Bremner @ 2015-06-18 21:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Stu, notmuch
Stu <stu.axon@gmail.com> writes:
> Hi all,
> I use thunderbird to download mail from gmail with imap... this appears
> in
>
> .thunderbird/ckw5sbm3.default/ImapMail/imap.googlemail.com/[Google Mail].sbd
>
>
> All Mail Bin Drafts Important Sent Mail Spam
> Starred
> All Mail.msf Bin.msf Drafts.msf Important.msf Sent Mail.msf Spam.msf
> Starred.msf
>
>
> I'm guessing these are all mbox files - is it safe to use notmuch with
> these ?
Notmuch needs one message per file. I have vague memory that maybe
thunderbird optionally supports Maildir, which would be perfect for
notmuch.
d
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* Re: Use notmuch with thunderbird ?
2015-06-18 21:48 ` David Bremner
@ 2015-06-18 23:51 ` Daniel Kahn Gillmor
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From: Daniel Kahn Gillmor @ 2015-06-18 23:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: David Bremner, Stu, notmuch
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On Thu 2015-06-18 17:48:25 -0400, David Bremner wrote:
> Notmuch needs one message per file. I have vague memory that maybe
> thunderbird optionally supports Maildir, which would be perfect for
> notmuch.
It's still a little bit "experimental", but it's there:
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird/Maildir
https://jaisejames.wordpress.com/2012/03/15/to-activate-maildir-in-thunderbird/
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58308
To do it, you'd set the user preference
mail.serverDefaultStoreContractID to
"@mozilla.org/msgstore/maildirstore;1"
If you do this, your mail will end up in nested maildirs under:
~/.thunderbird/ImapMail/$SERVERNAME/
YMMV as to the reliability of thunderbird with this setup. I've had
some problems with it, but i tend to think those problems are more
likely due to my trying to interface with a janky MS Exchange server's
IMAP implementation (i haven't tried to debug against a more sane IMAP
implementation).
The other approach is to set up a local IMAP server like dovecot that
stores mail in maildir form, and just have thunderbird talk to it
directly.
--dkg
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