should not be placed in the configuration file, and should be accessed
programmatically as described in the SYNOPSIS above.
- **get**
- The value of the specified configuration item is printed to
- stdout. If the item has multiple values (it is a list), each
- value is separated by a newline character.
+**get**
+ The value of the specified configuration item is printed to
+ stdout. If the item has multiple values (it is a list), each value
+ is separated by a newline character.
- **set**
- The specified configuration item is set to the given value. To
- specify a multiple-value item (a list), provide each value as a
- separate command-line argument.
+**set**
+ The specified configuration item is set to the given value. To
+ specify a multiple-value item (a list), provide each value as a
+ separate command-line argument.
- If no values are provided, the specified configuration item will
- be removed from the configuration file.
+ If no values are provided, the specified configuration item will
+ be removed from the configuration file.
- **list**
- Every configuration item is printed to stdout, each on a
- separate line of the form:
+**list**
+ Every configuration item is printed to stdout, each on a separate
+ line of the form::
*section*.\ *item*\ =\ *value*
- No additional whitespace surrounds the dot or equals sign
- characters. In a multiple-value item (a list), the values are
- separated by semicolon characters.
+ No additional whitespace surrounds the dot or equals sign
+ characters. In a multiple-value item (a list), the values are
+ separated by semicolon characters.
The available configuration items are described below.
- **database.path**
- The top-level directory where your mail currently exists and to
- where mail will be delivered in the future. Files should be
- individual email messages. Notmuch will store its database
- within a sub-directory of the path configured here named
- ``.notmuch``.
+**database.path**
+ The top-level directory where your mail currently exists and to
+ where mail will be delivered in the future. Files should be
+ individual email messages. Notmuch will store its database within
+ a sub-directory of the path configured here named ``.notmuch``.
- Default: ``$MAILDIR`` variable if set, otherwise ``$HOME/mail``.
+ Default: ``$MAILDIR`` variable if set, otherwise ``$HOME/mail``.
+
+**user.name**
+ Your full name.
+
+ Default: ``$NAME`` variable if set, otherwise read from
+ ``/etc/passwd``.
- **user.name**
- Your full name.
+**user.primary\_email**
+ Your primary email address.
- Default: ``$NAME`` variable if set, otherwise read from
- ``/etc/passwd``.
+ Default: ``$EMAIL`` variable if set, otherwise constructed from
+ the username and hostname of the current machine.
- **user.primary\_email**
- Your primary email address.
-
- Default: ``$EMAIL`` variable if set, otherwise constructed from the
- username and hostname of the current machine.
-
- **user.other\_email**
- A list of other email addresses at which you receive email.
-
- Default: not set.
-
- **new.tags**
- A list of tags that will be added to all messages incorporated
- by **notmuch new**.
-
- Default: ``unread;inbox``.
-
- **new.ignore**
- A list to specify files and directories that will not be
- searched for messages by **notmuch new**. Each entry in the
- list is either:
-
- A file or a directory name, without path, that will be
- ignored, regardless of the location in the mail store
- directory hierarchy.
-
- Or:
-
- A regular expression delimited with // that will be matched
- against the path of the file or directory relative to the
- database path. Matching files and directories will be
- ignored. The beginning and end of string must be explictly
- anchored. For example, /.*/foo$/ would match "bar/foo" and
- "bar/baz/foo", but not "foo" or "bar/foobar".
-
- Default: empty list.
-
- **search.exclude\_tags**
- A list of tags that will be excluded from search results by
- default. Using an excluded tag in a query will override that
- exclusion.
-
- Default: empty list. Note that **notmuch-setup(1)** puts
- ``deleted;spam`` here when creating new configuration file.
-
-
-
- **maildir.synchronize\_flags**
- If true, then the following maildir flags (in message filenames)
- will be synchronized with the corresponding notmuch tags:
-
- +--------+-----------------------------------------------+
- | Flag | Tag |
- +========+===============================================+
- | D | draft |
- +--------+-----------------------------------------------+
- | F | flagged |
- +--------+-----------------------------------------------+
- | P | passed |
- +--------+-----------------------------------------------+
- | R | replied |
- +--------+-----------------------------------------------+
- | S | unread (added when 'S' flag is not present) |
- +--------+-----------------------------------------------+
-
- The **notmuch new** command will notice flag changes in
- filenames and update tags, while the **notmuch tag** and
- **notmuch restore** commands will notice tag changes and update
- flags in filenames.
-
- If there have been any changes in the maildir (new messages
- added, old ones removed or renamed, maildir flags changed,
- etc.), it is advisable to run **notmuch new** before **notmuch
- tag** or **notmuch restore** commands to ensure the tag changes
- are properly synchronized to the maildir flags, as the commands
- expect the database and maildir to be in sync.
-
- Default: ``true``.
-
- **crypto.gpg_path**
-
- Name (or full path) of gpg binary to use in verification and
- decryption of PGP/MIME messages. NOTE: This configuration
- item is deprecated, and will be ignored if notmuch is built
- against GMime 3.0 or later.
-
- Default: ``gpg``.
-
- **index.decrypt**
-
- **[STORED IN DATABASE]**
-
- Policy for decrypting encrypted messages during indexing.
- Must be one of: ``false``, ``auto``, ``nostash``, or
- ``true``.
-
- When indexing an encrypted e-mail message, if this variable is
- set to ``true``, notmuch will try to decrypt the message and
- index the cleartext, stashing a copy of any discovered session
- keys for the message. If ``auto``, it will try to index the
- cleartext if a stashed session key is already known for the message
- (e.g. from a previous copy), but will not try to access your
- secret keys. Use ``false`` to avoid decrypting even when a
- stashed session key is already present.
-
- ``nostash`` is the same as ``true`` except that it will not
- stash newly-discovered session keys in the database.
-
- From the command line (i.e. during **notmuch-new(1)**,
- **notmuch-insert(1)**, or **notmuch-reindex(1)**), the user
- can override the database's stored decryption policy with the
- ``--decrypt=`` option.
-
- Here is a table that summarizes the functionality of each of
- these policies:
-
- +------------------------+-------+------+---------+------+
- | | false | auto | nostash | true |
- +========================+=======+======+=========+======+
- | Index cleartext using | | X | X | X |
- | stashed session keys | | | | |
- +------------------------+-------+------+---------+------+
- | Index cleartext | | | X | X |
- | using secret keys | | | | |
- +------------------------+-------+------+---------+------+
- | Stash session keys | | | | X |
- +------------------------+-------+------+---------+------+
- | Delete stashed session | X | | | |
- | keys on reindex | | | | |
- +------------------------+-------+------+---------+------+
-
- Stashed session keys are kept in the database as properties
- associated with the message. See ``session-key`` in
- **notmuch-properties(7)** for more details about how they can
- be useful.
-
- Be aware that the notmuch 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
- ``index.decrypt=true`` or ``index.decrypt=nostash`` without
- considering the security of your index.
-
- Default: ``auto``.
-
- **built_with.<name>**
-
- Compile time feature <name>. Current possibilities include
- "compact" (see **notmuch-compact(1)**)
- and "field_processor" (see **notmuch-search-terms(7)**).
-
- **query.<name>**
-
- **[STORED IN DATABASE]**
- Expansion for named query called <name>. See
- **notmuch-search-terms(7)** for more information about named
- queries.
+**user.other\_email**
+ A list of other email addresses at which you receive email.
+
+ Default: not set.
+
+**new.tags**
+ A list of tags that will be added to all messages incorporated by
+ **notmuch new**.
+
+ Default: ``unread;inbox``.
+
+**new.ignore**
+ A list to specify files and directories that will not be searched
+ for messages by **notmuch new**. Each entry in the list is either:
+
+ A file or a directory name, without path, that will be ignored,
+ regardless of the location in the mail store directory hierarchy.
+
+ Or:
+
+ A regular expression delimited with // that will be matched
+ against the path of the file or directory relative to the database
+ path. Matching files and directories will be ignored. The
+ beginning and end of string must be explictly anchored. For
+ example, /.*/foo$/ would match "bar/foo" and "bar/baz/foo", but
+ not "foo" or "bar/foobar".
+
+ Default: empty list.
+
+**search.exclude\_tags**
+ A list of tags that will be excluded from search results by
+ default. Using an excluded tag in a query will override that
+ exclusion.
+
+ Default: empty list. Note that **notmuch-setup(1)** puts
+ ``deleted;spam`` here when creating new configuration file.
+
+**maildir.synchronize\_flags**
+ If true, then the following maildir flags (in message filenames)
+ will be synchronized with the corresponding notmuch tags:
+
+ +--------+-----------------------------------------------+
+ | Flag | Tag |
+ +========+===============================================+
+ | D | draft |
+ +--------+-----------------------------------------------+
+ | F | flagged |
+ +--------+-----------------------------------------------+
+ | P | passed |
+ +--------+-----------------------------------------------+
+ | R | replied |
+ +--------+-----------------------------------------------+
+ | S | unread (added when 'S' flag is not present) |
+ +--------+-----------------------------------------------+
+
+ The **notmuch new** command will notice flag changes in filenames
+ and update tags, while the **notmuch tag** and **notmuch restore**
+ commands will notice tag changes and update flags in filenames.
+
+ If there have been any changes in the maildir (new messages added,
+ old ones removed or renamed, maildir flags changed, etc.), it is
+ advisable to run **notmuch new** before **notmuch tag** or
+ **notmuch restore** commands to ensure the tag changes are
+ properly synchronized to the maildir flags, as the commands expect
+ the database and maildir to be in sync.
+
+ Default: ``true``.
+
+**crypto.gpg_path**
+ Name (or full path) of gpg binary to use in verification and
+ decryption of PGP/MIME messages. NOTE: This configuration item is
+ deprecated, and will be ignored if notmuch is built against GMime
+ 3.0 or later.
+
+ Default: ``gpg``.
+
+**index.decrypt** **[STORED IN DATABASE]**
+ Policy for decrypting encrypted messages during indexing. Must be
+ one of: ``false``, ``auto``, ``nostash``, or ``true``.
+
+ When indexing an encrypted e-mail message, if this variable is set
+ to ``true``, notmuch will try to decrypt the message and index the
+ cleartext, stashing a copy of any discovered session keys for the
+ message. If ``auto``, it will try to index the cleartext if a
+ stashed session key is already known for the message (e.g. from a
+ previous copy), but will not try to access your secret keys. Use
+ ``false`` to avoid decrypting even when a stashed session key is
+ already present.
+
+ ``nostash`` is the same as ``true`` except that it will not stash
+ newly-discovered session keys in the database.
+
+ From the command line (i.e. during **notmuch-new(1)**,
+ **notmuch-insert(1)**, or **notmuch-reindex(1)**), the user can
+ override the database's stored decryption policy with the
+ ``--decrypt=`` option.
+
+ Here is a table that summarizes the functionality of each of these
+ policies:
+
+ +------------------------+-------+------+---------+------+
+ | | false | auto | nostash | true |
+ +========================+=======+======+=========+======+
+ | Index cleartext using | | X | X | X |
+ | stashed session keys | | | | |
+ +------------------------+-------+------+---------+------+
+ | Index cleartext | | | X | X |
+ | using secret keys | | | | |
+ +------------------------+-------+------+---------+------+
+ | Stash session keys | | | | X |
+ +------------------------+-------+------+---------+------+
+ | Delete stashed session | X | | | |
+ | keys on reindex | | | | |
+ +------------------------+-------+------+---------+------+
+
+ Stashed session keys are kept in the database as properties
+ associated with the message. See ``session-key`` in
+ **notmuch-properties(7)** for more details about how they can be
+ useful.
+
+ Be aware that the notmuch 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
+ ``index.decrypt=true`` or ``index.decrypt=nostash`` without
+ considering the security of your index.
+
+ Default: ``auto``.
+
+**built_with.<name>**
+ Compile time feature <name>. Current possibilities include
+ "compact" (see **notmuch-compact(1)**) and "field_processor" (see
+ **notmuch-search-terms(7)**).
+
+**query.<name>** **[STORED IN DATABASE]**
+ Expansion for named query called <name>. See
+ **notmuch-search-terms(7)** for more information about named
+ queries.
ENVIRONMENT
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