Re: [PATCH 01/18] cli: add stub for insert command

Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/18] cli: add stub for insert command

Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 10:49:53 +1000

To: Jameson Graef Rollins

Cc: notmuch@notmuchmail.org

From: Peter Wang


On Wed, 25 Jul 2012 10:11:14 -0700, Jameson Graef Rollins <jrollins@finestructure.net> wrote:
> 
> This is an interesting series, but let me play devil's advocate for a
> moment: Why is this functionality needed?  What can this functionality
> do that notmuch new can't?

My mail is stored on a remote server running notmuch.
My email client runs locally, calling notmuch on the server via ssh.

After sending a message, I immediately add that message to the
Maildir/Sent folder and tag it `sent'.  When postponing a message,
I add the message to the Maildir/Drafts folder and tag it `draft'
(excluded by default).

notmuch new doesn't help me get the message into the Maildir in the
first place.  I would also need a second step to tag the messages.
Right now notmuch-deliver serves my purposes, but I would prefer it to
be part of notmuch.

Peter

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