David Bremner <david@tethera.net> writes: > dm-list-email-notmuch@scs.stanford.edu writes: > >> It seems that disabling it should simply be safe. But re-enabling, one >> risks losing tags, as the next notmuch new will cause old maildir flags >> to override the xapian database. So that suggests something like: >> >> notmuch dump > backup >> notmuch config set maildir.synchronize_flags false >> # Do I need to run notmuch new here? >> notmuch restore < backup > > Hi David; > > Sorry about the long delay. I'm not sure I follow the connection between > your paragraph above and the the example. The example seems safe, but as > you say, disabling synching should bs safe anyway. It's not an example, it's kind of a worst case scenario if there's no easy and safe way way to enable synchronize_flags. I want to try disabling flags, but if I change my mind and the only way to get it back is to do a full notmuch dump/restore, that's a pretty hefty penalty. Also, even if I do a full notmuch dump / restore, I'm not sure if the notmuch new is necessary in the middle. So my question remains, what's the easiest safe way to re-enable synchronize_flags after disabling it? (Safe meaning it won't change any tags.) It could be that there's a very simple answer, in which case sticking it in the man page might be nice. Thanks, David