Hi Ingo, On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 04:55:13AM -0700, ingo wrote: > Mark Walters wrote > > > > The most likely cause is that these two messagefiles have the same > > message-ids (so in notmuch's view are the same message). Try > > > > notmuch search --output=messages folder:1_Personal AND NOT tag:1_Personal > > > > If you only see one message-id then notmuch thinks there is a single > > message > > that matches the search. The way notmuch works is that it first finds > > which messages match and then prints the requested information for those > > messages. So in this case it finds the matching message(s) then prints > > all filenames for those matching messages. > > Hi Mark, > > thank you for your answer, actually I only get one single message id, the > one I get without using --output=files. > > notmuch search --output=messages folder:1_Personal AND NOT tag:1_Personal > id:f76b9be792c46795945e1486ccb2b2ab@www.kikidan.com Doesn't that confirm Mark's explanation? Notmuch sees multiple files associated to the same message (identified by the message id). Hope this helps, -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free.