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 C94C56DE10D1 for ; Sat, 20 Apr 2019 07:19:54 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at cworth.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -0.026 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.026 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[AWL=-0.025, 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 3VIotJNmb1bM for ; Sat, 20 Apr 2019 07:19:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fethera.tethera.net (fethera.tethera.net [198.245.60.197]) by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AB5A16DE1039 for ; Sat, 20 Apr 2019 07:19:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from remotemail by fethera.tethera.net with local (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hHqqL-0001Ia-IB; Sat, 20 Apr 2019 10:19:49 -0400 Received: (nullmailer pid 24585 invoked by uid 1000); Sat, 20 Apr 2019 14:19:47 -0000 From: David Bremner To: Ralph Seichter , notmuch@notmuchmail.org Subject: Re: Unexpected output of "notmuch new --quiet" In-Reply-To: <87zhokzuah.fsf@ra.horus-it.com> References: <87imvc5pvg.fsf@ra.horus-it.com> <87bm14gqib.fsf@tethera.net> <87y3471ml9.fsf@ra.horus-it.com> <87d0ljfnlz.fsf@tethera.net> <87ftqfctf0.fsf@ra.horus-it.com> <87zhomxyrg.fsf@fifthhorseman.net> <87a7gmdrqo.fsf@ra.horus-it.com> <87ftqex9tb.fsf@fifthhorseman.net> <87v9z9h82x.fsf@ra.horus-it.com> <87zhokzuah.fsf@ra.horus-it.com> Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2019 11:19:47 -0300 Message-ID: <87k1foep30.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: Sat, 20 Apr 2019 14:19:54 -0000 Ralph Seichter writes: > * Eric: > >> I think that there will be lots of people (and organisations) who get >> collections of email from elsewhere and want to add them all to their >> own single collection for reference, archival, and research purposes. > > And how would dropping individual mail files into "cur" instead of any > old folder limit that? The issue is more that people have existing mail setups that work, and we don't want to break them without a good reason; on the other hand changing the default messages would probably not really count as breakage. > My point is: Maildir has a defined structure. I'm not against Notmuch > supporting a wider range of layouts, but I think Notmuch should not > complain about perfectly legitimate non-mail files found outside the > Maildir scope. Right, I think that point is clear now, that we're just talking about changing the warning messages. I'm not saying I'm going to work on it, but I think I understand the feature-request. d