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 ABB5E6DE0F31 for ; Sat, 20 Apr 2019 06:21:50 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at cworth.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -2.699 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.699 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[AWL=-0.198, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, 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 si6EGdlp8oE2 for ; Sat, 20 Apr 2019 06:21:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ra.horus-it.com (ra.horus-it.com [94.130.34.199]) by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7D2DF6DE0E8C for ; Sat, 20 Apr 2019 06:21:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ra.horus-it.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E17DF48C1516 for ; Sat, 20 Apr 2019 15:21:47 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: at horus-it.com From: Ralph Seichter DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=monksofcool.net; s=k1; t=1555766502; bh=DH2iKahpkXGZBxvz91+Gqy6P27J0t3f+Aim5CV85+6E=; h=From:To:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Message-ID: Content-Type; b=lkBwyvCWsISCn/pAD6fo/G5GoCKXyWw7WOoNoccDNKF2BQxfLeniRLilEXVTc2Rwc I4k4wfY6vlTi9fkKFbX0SEf32KjyuSygNqjlY7R63Y9A5id0WbyvheBDC2QQXy5EtW yjrCOHc0epP3KLSsQ9SvlNASPXIZCD0ygo1UKxmUVjxUxjjv8oxwfvfYH5wNMG0vRY 8+r7vl9RulD7HoBrLVR9jSYJfWYuOPrSKzG1CiAiv44+mdfHzX3v9+732H4v/ye8PL uoxmF7t8q0058iNbSfrnv1PW8aEPKkMTa0L+mYaDs20+3K4hGM4HtdkPS024/76seb IcFTusgYVspGQ== To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org Subject: Re: Unexpected output of "notmuch new --quiet" In-Reply-To: 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> Mail-Followup-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2019 15:21:42 +0200 Message-ID: <87zhokzuah.fsf@ra.horus-it.com> 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 13:21:50 -0000 * 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? > So that those emails would be forced into the IMAP folder structure, > making them visible (and possible distracting) there when viewed with > a traditional mail client? I don't know why you talk about "forced", and it is not an IMAP folder structure anyway. I have configured Dovecot to use a Maildir store specifically to allow Notmuch as a client in addition to IMAP. Other storage types like Multi-dbox would be more efficient for IMAP users. In my setup, I could circumvent Dovecot's LDA and have Postfix drop off mail directly in that same Maildir structure, but I want to enable users to use Sieve scripts. This works because Dovecot and Postfix have very similar ideas about how a Maildir store should look like. 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. -Ralph