X-Git-Url: https://git.notmuchmail.org/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=initial_tagging.mdwn;h=669b8b1c17d9c9a9f1cc2a43f7729bcbcca87c52;hb=a88f545ad6b18eb609ace3f0fd3412bdaebe99ce;hp=c7bed037a377fa3670fd2f2c67b75ac03c1a9d33;hpb=136a463fa93da077573f8a1ebd50d8d9824fb7f2;p=notmuch-wiki diff --git a/initial_tagging.mdwn b/initial_tagging.mdwn index c7bed03..669b8b1 100644 --- a/initial_tagging.mdwn +++ b/initial_tagging.mdwn @@ -4,9 +4,17 @@ This page collects scripts and strategies for organizing mail using notmuch and doing automated initial tagging. -Here's a very general and ad-hoc approach to initial message tagging. The `[new]` config section allows you to control which tags new messages -receive. This sets all new messages to get the *new* tag: +receive. By default, `notmuch config` will use the tags *inbox* and *unread*. + +If `maildir.synchronize_flags` is true (which is the default), Maildir flags +have precedence over the initial tags. Thus an already read mail gets its +initial *unread* tag correctly removed. + +## The *new* tag approach + +Here's another very general and ad-hoc approach to initial message tagging, +which sets all new messages to get the *new* tag: [new] tags=new; @@ -28,6 +36,8 @@ following: # finally, retag all "new" messages "inbox" and "unread" notmuch tag +inbox +unread -new -- tag:new +Note that the command above will mark a new but already-read mail as unread. + Since the post-processing is only acting on a few messages, it is generally extremely fast. @@ -37,16 +47,16 @@ to do post-processing. See `man notmuch-hooks` for details on hooks. ## Other solutions -* [Carl Worth's approach to tagging](http://notmuchmail.org/pipermail/notmuch/2010/001691.html). It +* [Carl Worth's approach to tagging](https://notmuchmail.org/pipermail/notmuch/2010/001691.html). It is email id:87r5o8stbj.fsf@yoom.home.cworth.org in the notmuch mailing list archives. -* [One user's setup](http://notmuchmail.org/pipermail/notmuch/2010/001690.html) +* [One user's setup](https://notmuchmail.org/pipermail/notmuch/2010/001690.html) (id:87hbp5j9dv.fsf@hackervisions.org), which includes using the inbox tag as a "new mail" flag. -* [Another user's setup](http://notmuchmail.org/pipermail/notmuch/2011/003976.html) +* [Another user's setup](https://notmuchmail.org/pipermail/notmuch/2011/003976.html) (id:"87tyfu3k5a.fsf@gmail.com"), which uses a dedicated tag for marking new mail, which is then sorted with a python script using Bogofilter for spam detection. This is generally a great deal @@ -64,6 +74,10 @@ to do post-processing. See `man notmuch-hooks` for details on hooks. of sent mails) and has some fancy features (e.g. mail classification using bayesian filters). +* [p6-notmuch-filter](https://github.com/goneri/p6-notmuch-filter) a initial + tagging script that read its configuration from a JSON file. The script is + written in Perl6 and depends on the Email::Notmuch binding. + ## Notmuch MDA -- `notmuch-insert` The [[notmuch insert command|manpages/notmuch-insert-1]] is a tool for