From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2914431FAF for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2012 02:10:19 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -0.799 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.799 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7] autolearn=disabled Received: from olra.theworths.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (olra.theworths.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id XrSc7JY5z2wT for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2012 02:10:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail-vc0-f181.google.com (mail-vc0-f181.google.com [209.85.220.181]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 87FE1431FAE for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2012 02:10:19 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail-vc0-f181.google.com with SMTP id fy27so8716916vcb.26 for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2012 02:10:18 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=dczC28Ohi81dmISWvxWQyY6FMzVPwBmT4YFiRjy6xMo=; b=xI+jyCfjpSo/xFk9gVowYJ3IWP8oGGk0g/mJYNtgjzrhtOw8+edhbSLyaJdWvcgfrZ VQWArqYsZChlXsOxv7qPgeZoLyEk6U+Y/L5nux+v9Zn2sKYMBYbWmHsTTH9uGfOvBCus EFTDB4L+vmgdF1ATuG+40qzWOW+pmcb/i2wE32Hl6niQy5QePeJkBsGa12v80o8rhj/2 3TB8d98471kkzKkJ/BJHpX+OafB/MnRyiu6dNj7VMnYQXrvH3PZFv39lhD3A5N79LxoH fGEBtI13q9fz87seBl37oCX1sMXdfZLJ6qXhq8WprQrXJNUjtBwYIUkBFcUBF2p2OzLH B68Q== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.52.66.144 with SMTP id f16mr4095885vdt.60.1354097417883; Wed, 28 Nov 2012 02:10:17 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.58.34.51 with HTTP; Wed, 28 Nov 2012 02:10:17 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <50B5BDFF.1080802@gmail.com> References: <87zk24ctko.fsf@convex-new.cs.unb.ca> <50B3871B.2050509@gmail.com> <87r4ngcl00.fsf@convex-new.cs.unb.ca> <50B48627.9040409@gmail.com> <50B5BDFF.1080802@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 11:10:17 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: gmail label support patch available for oflineimap From: Felipe Contreras To: Rainer@krugs.de Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: notmuch@notmuchmail.org X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 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: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 10:10:20 -0000 On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 8:32 AM, Rainer M Krug wrote: >> I just want to say that having notmuch communicate with Gmail is terrible idea, since this >> would mean duplicating of jobs that offlineimap and notmuch do. > > My sentiments, notmuch is doing realy good what it is doing, and adding gmail / other server > communication is not the best idea. And I disagree. >> I could see some *other* tool, besides notmuch and offlineimap, which connects to Gmail to >> fetch the tags, but that would again duplicate a lot of the code from offlineimap. > > I also agree here - offlineimap already has a repository type Gmail, and if gmails imap > extensions, particularly > https://developers.google.com/google-apps/gmail/imap_extensions#access_to_gmail_labels_x-gm-labels > is used, it should be not to difficult to read the labels and to store them in e.g. a sqlite > database for each message id. This could then be written back as well, and only the [GMAIL] folder > would have to be synchronised, i.e. no duplication. Not everybody uses offlineimap. -- Felipe Contreras