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 348196DE1715 for ; Sat, 6 Jun 2015 00:59:36 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at cworth.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: 0.246 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.246 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.966, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=-0.01, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=-0.01] 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 uhsqMad5B9DB for ; Sat, 6 Jun 2015 00:59:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-wg0-f43.google.com (mail-wg0-f43.google.com [74.125.82.43]) by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 71C856DE163F for ; Sat, 6 Jun 2015 00:59:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: by wgme6 with SMTP id e6so70768885wgm.2 for ; Sat, 06 Jun 2015 00:59:31 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:references :user-agent:date:message-id:mime-version:content-type; bh=9liKMg4ayYhQ97kronsSsT22Sj8qjqeDH5kJ4r7Ct08=; b=bC1R/76bKiJU/WTPaJwxFr4wDLGfE7QqWGTA3e/caJaujaICYJOOrXQn1puJqGgoRp 1h9zW0EcvvOI7yWtyODTSSuNtCbjBvMpkBoGiRHPjT0TDhWtpwc/dHZugY0tQefteQpz 4faNVvKY+G0KFBed7xHHX0RWvUDf34qgjugZDp4SyTlcWn6/Sh/FcQVTyifoGEuq9YEZ EYijzzaPKPA35as8ZdURKy2u1X2X2I2lhz+ItvA5CrjusN7q2+PiAcitb+WaqBaMYCJM skqIEegCT59Nt+Jw0mtHu0WbjGamQS6QuVf3LcY6+eKdLDWuh0xPiWt2DS+f3FZHktvz sHZg== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmLJ9mB0kXTG7s8HytG5EE+Jm61bvcjfqUmMkiVaOAD8ftlt7Rm6m/EFRb1qieWVA/rEV1Y X-Received: by 10.180.76.134 with SMTP id k6mr3754446wiw.43.1433577570893; Sat, 06 Jun 2015 00:59:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (mobile-access-bcee6b-244.dhcp.inet.fi. [188.238.107.244]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id nb9sm1318412wic.10.2015.06.06.00.59.29 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sat, 06 Jun 2015 00:59:30 -0700 (PDT) From: Jani Nikula To: Johnny Utahh , notmuch@notmuchmail.org Subject: Re: Learning Notmuch In-Reply-To: <557250AC.40803@johnnyutahh.com> References: <557250AC.40803@johnnyutahh.com> User-Agent: Notmuch/0.19+86~gbed8b67 (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/24.4.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Date: Sat, 06 Jun 2015 10:59:38 +0300 Message-ID: <87twuljmhh.fsf@nikula.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 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, 06 Jun 2015 07:59:36 -0000 On Sat, 06 Jun 2015, Johnny Utahh wrote: > I'm new to Notmuch. Could I get feedback on the following? > > https://github.com/johnnyutahh/tag-based-email > https://github.com/johnnyutahh/tag-based-email#the_main_questions You're probably better off sending your specific questions to the list, so we can quote them in our replies and discuss them. You are, after all, asking questions about email tools and workflows. ;) IMO the notion of "tag-based email" is misleading to begin with. I would call both notmuch and mu *search* based email tools. Tagging is just one small part of it. For example, I mostly use predefined saved searches in notmuch-emacs, and very few tags. The last time I checked, the main differences between notmuch and mu were in threading, community, and spinoff tools. I think the handling of threads is superior in notmuch (YMMV), and this is particularly visible in the emacs interfaces. The downside of that is slower indexing. Notmuch has a wider developer community while mu is mostly a one man show. Notmuch has more people to keep the project moving, but one person might provide a more unified UI experience. Finally, I think there are more tools and MUAs written around notmuch, partly due to the language bindings to the library. BR, Jani.