X-Git-Url: https://git.notmuchmail.org/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fman1%2Fnotmuch-insert.rst;h=da9ca791aa29bf98ce632c3154c83f73baf1d6c2;hb=f9ffc5f433ca9c1cb1e9b9929e4f39e549910328;hp=f83a7385ccf457a705a28a4e3d92ce35bbbf819e;hpb=6499fce3911df2646db67c0f1ff65672324904f0;p=notmuch diff --git a/doc/man1/notmuch-insert.rst b/doc/man1/notmuch-insert.rst index f83a7385..da9ca791 100644 --- a/doc/man1/notmuch-insert.rst +++ b/doc/man1/notmuch-insert.rst @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ +.. _notmuch-insert(1): + ============== notmuch-insert ============== @@ -12,9 +14,9 @@ DESCRIPTION **notmuch insert** reads a message from standard input and delivers it into the maildir directory given by configuration option -**database.path**, then incorporates the message into the notmuch +**database.mail_root**, then incorporates the message into the notmuch database. It is an alternative to using a separate tool to deliver the -message then running **notmuch new** afterwards. +message then running :any:`notmuch-new(1)` afterwards. The new message will be tagged with the tags specified by the **new.tags** configuration option, then by operations specified on the @@ -25,30 +27,66 @@ If the new message is a duplicate of an existing message in the database (it has same Message-ID), it will be added to the maildir folder and notmuch database, but the tags will not be changed. -The **insert** command supports hooks. See **notmuch-hooks(5)** for +The **insert** command supports hooks. See :any:`notmuch-hooks(5)` for more details on hooks. Option arguments must appear before any tag operation arguments. Supported options for **insert** include - ``--folder=<``\ folder\ **>** - Deliver the message to the specified folder, relative to the - top-level directory given by the value of **database.path**. The - default is to deliver to the top-level directory. +.. program:: insert + +.. option:: --folder= + + Deliver the message to the specified folder, relative to the + top-level directory given by the value of **database.mail_root**. The + default is the empty string, which means delivering to the + top-level directory. + +.. option:: --create-folder + + Try to create the folder named by the ``--folder`` option, if it + does not exist. Otherwise the folder must already exist for mail + delivery to succeed. + +.. option:: --keep + + Keep the message file if indexing fails, and keep the message + indexed if applying tags or maildir flag synchronization + fails. Ignore these errors and return exit status 0 to indicate + successful mail delivery. + +.. option:: --no-hooks + + Prevent hooks from being run. + +.. option:: --world-readable + + When writing mail to the mailbox, allow it to be read by users + other than the current user. Note that this does not override + umask. By default, delivered mail is only readable by the current + user. + +.. option:: --decrypt=(true|nostash|auto|false) + + If ``true`` and the message is encrypted, try to decrypt the + message while indexing, stashing any session keys discovered. If + ``auto``, and notmuch already knows about a session key for the + message, it will try decrypting using that session key but will + not try to access the user's secret keys. If decryption is + successful, index the cleartext itself. Either way, the message + is always stored to disk in its original form (ciphertext). - ``--create-folder`` - Try to create the folder named by the ``--folder`` option, if it - does not exist. Otherwise the folder must already exist for mail - delivery to succeed. + ``nostash`` is the same as ``true`` except that it will not stash + newly-discovered session keys in the database. - ``--keep`` - Keep the message file if indexing fails, and keep the message - indexed if applying tags or maildir flag synchronization - fails. Ignore these errors and return exit status 0 to - indicate successful mail delivery. + Be aware that the index is likely sufficient (and a stashed + session key is certainly sufficient) to reconstruct the cleartext + of the message itself, so please ensure that the notmuch message + index is adequately protected. DO NOT USE ``--decrypt=true`` or + ``--decrypt=nostash`` without considering the security of your + index. - ``--no-hooks`` - Prevent hooks from being run. + See also ``index.decrypt`` in :any:`notmuch-config(1)`. EXIT STATUS =========== @@ -73,14 +111,14 @@ status of the **insert** command. SEE ALSO ======== -**notmuch(1)**, -**notmuch-config(1)**, -**notmuch-count(1)**, -**notmuch-dump(1)**, -**notmuch-hooks(5)**, -**notmuch-reply(1)**, -**notmuch-restore(1)**, -**notmuch-search(1)**, -**notmuch-search-terms(7)**, -**notmuch-show(1)**, -**notmuch-tag(1)** +:any:`notmuch(1)`, +:any:`notmuch-config(1)`, +:any:`notmuch-count(1)`, +:any:`notmuch-dump(1)`, +:any:`notmuch-hooks(5)`, +:any:`notmuch-reply(1)`, +:any:`notmuch-restore(1)`, +:any:`notmuch-search(1)`, +:any:`notmuch-search-terms(7)`, +:any:`notmuch-show(1)`, +:any:`notmuch-tag(1)`