notmuch/contrib/notmuch-mutt/README
Kevin McCarthy f354b90d5e notmuch-mutt: use notmuch --duplicate flag
Change notmuch-mutt to use the new --duplicate=1 flag for duplicate
removal.  This will remove duplicates based on message-id at the
notmuch level.  Previously we were using fdupes or generating sha sums
after the search.

This version will be faster, but will enable the possibility of hiding
search results due to accidental/malicious duplicate message-ids.
2013-09-08 22:41:38 -03:00

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notmuch-mutt: Notmuch (of a) helper for Mutt
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notmuch-mutt provide integration among the [Mutt] [1] mail user agent and the
[Notmuch] [2] mail indexer.
notmuch-mutt offer two main integration features. The first one is the ability
of stating a **search query interactively** and then jump to a fresh Maildir
containing its search results only. The second one is the ability to
**reconstruct threads on the fly** starting from the currently highlighted
mail, which comes handy when a thread has been split across different maildirs,
archived, or the like.
notmuch-mutt enables to trigger mail searches via a Mutt macro (usually F8) and
reconstruct threads via another (usually F9). Check the manpage for the 2-liner
configuration snippet for your Mutt configuration files (~/.muttrc,
/etc/Muttrc, or a /etc/Muttrc.d snippet).
A [blog style introduction] [3] to notmuch-mutt is available and includes some
more rationale for its existence.
Arguably, some of the logics of notmuch-mutt could disappear by adding support
for a --output=symlinks flag to notmuch.
[1]: http://www.mutt.org/
[2]: http://notmuchmail.org/
[3]: http://upsilon.cc/~zack/blog/posts/2011/01/how_to_use_Notmuch_with_Mutt/
Requirements
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To *run* notmuch-mutt you will need Perl with the following libraries:
- Mail::Box <http://search.cpan.org/~markov/Mail-Box/>
(Debian package: libmail-box-perl)
- Mail::Internet <http://search.cpan.org/~markov/MailTools/>
(Debian package: libmailtools-perl)
- String::ShellQuote <http://search.cpan.org/~rosch/String-ShellQuote/ShellQuote.pm>
(Debian package: libstring-shellquote-perl)
- Term::ReadLine <http://search.cpan.org/~hayashi/Term-ReadLine-Gnu/>
(Debian package: libterm-readline-gnu-perl)
To *build* notmuch-mutt documentation you will need:
- pod2man (coming with Perl) to generate the manpage
- markdown to generate README.html out of this file
License
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notmuch-mutt is copyright (C) 2011-2012 Stefano Zacchiroli <zack@upsilon.cc>.
notmuch-mutt is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License
(GPL), version 3 or above. A copy of the license is available online at
<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.