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The escaping in the description of the output of "notmuch-config list"
appears to have been inherited from some previous attempts at
documentation. It leaked out in the actual generated manpage
documentation, where it looks like this:
list Every configuration item is printed to stdout, each on a
separate line of the form:
*section*.\ *item*\ =\ *value*
This simplification cleans up the overescaping.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net>
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notmuch-config
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SYNOPSIS
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========
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**notmuch** **config** **get** <*section*>.<*item*>
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**notmuch** **config** **set** <*section*>.<*item*> [*value* ...]
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**notmuch** **config** **list**
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DESCRIPTION
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===========
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The **config** command can be used to get or set settings in the notmuch
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configuration file and corresponding database.
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Items marked **[STORED IN DATABASE]** are only in the database. They
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should not be placed in the configuration file, and should be accessed
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programmatically as described in the SYNOPSIS above.
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**get**
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The value of the specified configuration item is printed to
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stdout. If the item has multiple values (it is a list), each value
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is separated by a newline character.
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**set**
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The specified configuration item is set to the given value. To
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specify a multiple-value item (a list), provide each value as a
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separate command-line argument.
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If no values are provided, the specified configuration item will
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be removed from the configuration file.
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**list**
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Every configuration item is printed to stdout, each on a separate
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line of the form::
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section.item=value
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No additional whitespace surrounds the dot or equals sign
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characters. In a multiple-value item (a list), the values are
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separated by semicolon characters.
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The available configuration items are described below.
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**database.path**
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The top-level directory where your mail currently exists and to
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where mail will be delivered in the future. Files should be
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individual email messages. Notmuch will store its database within
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a sub-directory of the path configured here named ``.notmuch``.
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Default: ``$MAILDIR`` variable if set, otherwise ``$HOME/mail``.
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**user.name**
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Your full name.
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Default: ``$NAME`` variable if set, otherwise read from
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``/etc/passwd``.
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**user.primary\_email**
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Your primary email address.
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Default: ``$EMAIL`` variable if set, otherwise constructed from
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the username and hostname of the current machine.
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**user.other\_email**
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A list of other email addresses at which you receive email.
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Default: not set.
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**new.tags**
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A list of tags that will be added to all messages incorporated by
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**notmuch new**.
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Default: ``unread;inbox``.
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**new.ignore**
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A list to specify files and directories that will not be searched
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for messages by **notmuch new**. Each entry in the list is either:
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A file or a directory name, without path, that will be ignored,
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regardless of the location in the mail store directory hierarchy.
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Or:
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A regular expression delimited with // that will be matched
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against the path of the file or directory relative to the database
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path. Matching files and directories will be ignored. The
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beginning and end of string must be explicitly anchored. For
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example, /.*/foo$/ would match "bar/foo" and "bar/baz/foo", but
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not "foo" or "bar/foobar".
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Default: empty list.
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**search.exclude\_tags**
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A list of tags that will be excluded from search results by
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default. Using an excluded tag in a query will override that
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exclusion.
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Default: empty list. Note that **notmuch-setup(1)** puts
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``deleted;spam`` here when creating new configuration file.
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**maildir.synchronize\_flags**
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If true, then the following maildir flags (in message filenames)
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will be synchronized with the corresponding notmuch tags:
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+--------+-----------------------------------------------+
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| Flag | Tag |
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+========+===============================================+
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| D | draft |
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+--------+-----------------------------------------------+
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| F | flagged |
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+--------+-----------------------------------------------+
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| P | passed |
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+--------+-----------------------------------------------+
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| R | replied |
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+--------+-----------------------------------------------+
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| S | unread (added when 'S' flag is not present) |
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+--------+-----------------------------------------------+
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The **notmuch new** command will notice flag changes in filenames
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and update tags, while the **notmuch tag** and **notmuch restore**
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commands will notice tag changes and update flags in filenames.
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If there have been any changes in the maildir (new messages added,
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old ones removed or renamed, maildir flags changed, etc.), it is
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advisable to run **notmuch new** before **notmuch tag** or
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**notmuch restore** commands to ensure the tag changes are
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properly synchronized to the maildir flags, as the commands expect
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the database and maildir to be in sync.
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Default: ``true``.
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**crypto.gpg_path**
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Name (or full path) of gpg binary to use in verification and
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decryption of PGP/MIME messages. NOTE: This configuration item is
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deprecated, and will be ignored if notmuch is built against GMime
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3.0 or later.
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Default: ``gpg``.
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**index.decrypt** **[STORED IN DATABASE]**
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Policy for decrypting encrypted messages during indexing. Must be
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one of: ``false``, ``auto``, ``nostash``, or ``true``.
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When indexing an encrypted e-mail message, if this variable is set
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to ``true``, notmuch will try to decrypt the message and index the
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cleartext, stashing a copy of any discovered session keys for the
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message. If ``auto``, it will try to index the cleartext if a
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stashed session key is already known for the message (e.g. from a
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previous copy), but will not try to access your secret keys. Use
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``false`` to avoid decrypting even when a stashed session key is
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already present.
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``nostash`` is the same as ``true`` except that it will not stash
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newly-discovered session keys in the database.
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From the command line (i.e. during **notmuch-new(1)**,
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**notmuch-insert(1)**, or **notmuch-reindex(1)**), the user can
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override the database's stored decryption policy with the
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``--decrypt=`` option.
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Here is a table that summarizes the functionality of each of these
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policies:
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+------------------------+-------+------+---------+------+
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| | false | auto | nostash | true |
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+========================+=======+======+=========+======+
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| Index cleartext using | | X | X | X |
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| stashed session keys | | | | |
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+------------------------+-------+------+---------+------+
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| Index cleartext | | | X | X |
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| using secret keys | | | | |
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+------------------------+-------+------+---------+------+
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| Stash session keys | | | | X |
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+------------------------+-------+------+---------+------+
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| Delete stashed session | X | | | |
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| keys on reindex | | | | |
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+------------------------+-------+------+---------+------+
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Stashed session keys are kept in the database as properties
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associated with the message. See ``session-key`` in
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**notmuch-properties(7)** for more details about how they can be
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useful.
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Be aware that the notmuch index is likely sufficient (and a
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stashed session key is certainly sufficient) to reconstruct the
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cleartext of the message itself, so please ensure that the notmuch
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message index is adequately protected. DO NOT USE
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``index.decrypt=true`` or ``index.decrypt=nostash`` without
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considering the security of your index.
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Default: ``auto``.
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**index.header.<prefix>** **[STORED IN DATABASE]**
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Define the query prefix <prefix>, based on a mail header. For
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example ``index.header.List=List-Id`` will add a probabilistic
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prefix ``List:`` that searches the ``List-Id`` field. User
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defined prefixes must not start with 'a'...'z'; in particular
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adding a prefix with same name as a predefined prefix is not
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supported. See **notmuch-search-terms(7)** for a list of existing
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prefixes, and an explanation of probabilistic prefixes.
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**built_with.<name>**
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Compile time feature <name>. Current possibilities include
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"compact" (see **notmuch-compact(1)**) and "field_processor" (see
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**notmuch-search-terms(7)**).
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**query.<name>** **[STORED IN DATABASE]**
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Expansion for named query called <name>. See
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**notmuch-search-terms(7)** for more information about named
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queries.
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ENVIRONMENT
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===========
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The following environment variables can be used to control the behavior
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of notmuch.
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**NOTMUCH\_CONFIG**
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Specifies the location of the notmuch configuration file. Notmuch
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will use ${HOME}/.notmuch-config if this variable is not set.
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SEE ALSO
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========
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**notmuch(1)**,
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**notmuch-count(1)**,
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**notmuch-dump(1)**,
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**notmuch-hooks(5)**,
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**notmuch-insert(1)**,
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**notmuch-new(1)**,
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**notmuch-reply(1)**,
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**notmuch-restore(1)**,
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**notmuch-search(1)**,
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**notmuch-search-terms(7)**,
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**notmuch-properties(7)**,
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**notmuch-show(1)**,
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**notmuch-tag(1)**
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