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| author | Jani Nikula <jani@nikula.org> | 2016-03-11 13:14:30 +0200 |
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| committer | Jani Nikula <jani@nikula.org> | 2016-03-11 13:14:30 +0200 |
| commit | 0ec821138fe855bd0012fface3f59405470a13bc (patch) | |
| tree | 5f2476b712eb73304309c8d78efefd11daa30952 | |
| parent | 7c24aa421c4c85fac31f73e1e271cde11af10966 (diff) | |
getting-started: on message delivery
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diff --git a/getting-started.mdwn b/getting-started.mdwn index 9a7f41d..fac7d8f 100644 --- a/getting-started.mdwn +++ b/getting-started.mdwn @@ -71,6 +71,20 @@ interface|manpages]], or [[Notmuch Emacs interface|notmuch-emacs]]. ## Delivering New Messages +Notmuch itself does not receive messages. There is no IMAP or POP support. You +will need to set up other tools, such as fetchmail, offlineimap, or mbsync, to +receive the messages. + +There is two ways to deliver and index the messages: + +* Use an external tool (such as offlineimap or mbsync) to deliver the messages + to your mail store, and call `notmuch new` to discover and index the newly + delivered messages (and any other changes in the mail store). + +* Use an external tool (such as fetchmail) receive the messages, and configure + the tool to use `notmuch insert` to deliver the messages to your mail store + and index them. + ## Automation Via Hooks ## Backing up and Restoring the Database |