From 2b844e8461ff2e68e945fdc41fe6b0aa506e598d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sebastian Spaeth Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 16:57:01 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] emacstips: add links to notmuchsync and a patch to achieve maildir flag synchronization Signed-off-by: Sebastian Spaeth --- emacstips.mdwn | 21 +++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/emacstips.mdwn b/emacstips.mdwn index fc9e9dd..24e67de 100644 --- a/emacstips.mdwn +++ b/emacstips.mdwn @@ -153,7 +153,20 @@ As its name implies, notmuch isn't really doing that much (which is part of its for the domains you want to send out using specific SMTP servers and the rest will go to the default account. -* how to sync notmuch tags and maildir flags] - - __[TODO: This is a wiki. write me!]__ - [mention patches that exist to honor maildir tags and notmuchsync.] \ No newline at end of file +* how to sync notmuch tags and maildir + flags] + + There is no built-in support for sunchronizing your notmuch tags + with your imap maildir flags (seen, replied, trashed, etc). However + there are currently 2 ways in which you can achieve + synchronization. In order to sync new notmuch tags to maildir flags, + there is a python tool called + [notmuchsync](http://spaetz.github.com/notmuchsync/) that allows + synchronization in either direction or pruning of deleted files. + + The second solution allows for fast maildir flag to notmuch tag + synchronization (and only in that direction) requires patching the + notmuch source code. The patch has been posted in this mail + *id:1267450136-31749-1-git-send-email-Sebastian@SSpaeth.de* and can + be viewed as a [source diff in this git + repository](http://github.com/spaetz/notmuch-all-feature/commit/df3b087cefb85e9d16fd17540e348bcb854dd7ee). -- 2.43.0