Error when running notmuch new

Error when running notmuch new

[Aidan Jones]

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Hello notmuch mailing list,

I am new to notmuch, so I apologize if this is just an operator error. I have a local maildir created using offlineimap. I have ran notmuch setup and configured notmuch to use the maildir as its archive. However, running notmuch new returns 'notmuch new: Illegal argument for function'
Any ideas what I am doing wrong?

Thanks

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Re: Error when running notmuch new

[David Bremner]

Aidan Jones <arjones239@protonmail.ch> writes:

> I am new to notmuch, so I apologize if this is just an operator
> error. I have a local maildir created using offlineimap. I have ran
> notmuch setup and configured notmuch to use the maildir as its
> archive. However, running notmuch new returns 'notmuch new: Illegal
> argument for function' Any ideas what I am doing wrong?

Can you share your configuration? It sounds like it might be a bad
regex.

d

Re: Error when running notmuch new

[Aidan Jones]

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On Wednesday, June 26th, 2024 at 3:44 PM, David Bremner <david@tethera.net> wrote:

> Aidan Jones arjones239@protonmail.ch writes:
> 
> > I am new to notmuch, so I apologize if this is just an operator
> > error. I have a local maildir created using offlineimap. I have ran
> > notmuch setup and configured notmuch to use the maildir as its
> > archive. However, running notmuch new returns 'notmuch new: Illegal
> > argument for function' Any ideas what I am doing wrong?
> 
> 
> Can you share your configuration? It sounds like it might be a bad
> regex.
> 
> d

I don't see any regex in the output of 'notmuch config list', which is attached as a file. The only configuring I've done is through the 'notmuch setup' command.

Thanks,
Aidan

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built_with.compact=true
built_with.field_processor=true
built_with.retry_lock=true
built_with.sexp_queries=false
database.autocommit=8000
database.backup_dir=/home/user/.mail/protonmail/.notmuch/backups
database.hook_dir=/home/user/.mail/protonmail/.notmuch/hooks
database.mail_root=/home/user/.mail/protonmail
database.path=/home/user/.mail/protonmail
index.as_text=
maildir.synchronize_flags=sync
new.ignore=
new.tags=inbox;unread;
search.exclude_tags=ignore
user.name=Aidan Jones
user.primary_email=arjones239@protonmail.ch

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Re: Error when running notmuch new

[David Bremner]

Aidan Jones <arjones239@protonmail.ch> writes:


> maildir.synchronize_flags=sync

This is the only line that caught my eye.

Can you try

$ notmuch config set maildir.synchronize_flags true

Re: Error when running notmuch new

[Aidan Jones]

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On Thursday, June 27th, 2024 at 10:39 AM, David Bremner <david@tethera.net> wrote:

> Aidan Jones arjones239@protonmail.ch writes:
> 
> 
> 
> > maildir.synchronize_flags=sync
> 
> 
> This is the only line that caught my eye.
> 
> Can you try
> 
> $ notmuch config set maildir.synchronize_flags true

That did it. Thanks for the help!

Re: Error when running notmuch new

[David Bremner]

Aidan Jones <arjones239@protonmail.ch> writes:


>> 
>> This is the only line that caught my eye.
>> 
>> Can you try
>> 
>> $ notmuch config set maildir.synchronize_flags true
>
> That did it. Thanks for the help!

Glad to hear it. We should try to provide a more informative error
message here.

d