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[[!img notmuch-logo.png alt="Notmuch logo" class="left"]]
#How to...
-##.. print only filenames of a search
+* .. print only filenames of a search
Given you have the python bindings installed (or simply set your PYTHONPATH environment variable to point to the .../bindings/python directory), this script will print the filenames of a matching search:
@@ -11,3 +11,27 @@ Given you have the python bindings installed (or simply set your PYTHONPATH envi
q = notmuch.Database().create_query(" ".join(sys.argv[1:]))
for m in q.search_messages(): print m.get_filename()
+
+* .. sync notmuch tags and maildir flags
+
+ Some IMAP users rely on maildir flags that convey the status "seen",
+ "replied", "trashed", in order to synchronize the status of their
+ mail across mail clients (a [maildir
+ flag](http://cr.yp.to/proto/maildir.html) is simply a defined part
+ of their filename). Notmuch will by default happily ignore those
+ flags and will never modify them either, as 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.
+
+ [notmuchsync](http://spaetz.github.com/notmuchsync/) is a utility
+ that allows synchronization in either direction, as well as 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).
+