"Jorge" <jorge+list@disroot.org> writes: > Hi. I work at Dataprev (a Brazilian state-owned federal IT company), > and here we use an email implementation called Expresso 3.0. I access > it via OfflineIMAP 7.2.1 on Debian buster. Recently I have gained > access to a shared folder hierarchy called "demandas.dica" (with Drafts, > Sent and Trash subfolders). OfflineIMAP could not handle it because its > name contains a "." which is the default sep character. > > On the OfflineIMAP mailing list, Nicolas Sebrecht recommended I choose > another sep character. I would choose '+', but I have not yet > configured it. What is holding me back is the fear that, when I set > sep = "+", OfflineIMAP will create a new 'INBOX+Sent' folder in place of > the current 'INBOX.Sent' and ditto for lots of other folders. Nicolas > confirmed this is how OfflineIMAP will behave. > > So my last doubt is, will Notmuch recognize that the emails are the > same, and keep my tags? Then after Notmuch indexes the "new" (renamed > copies) folders, can I delete the original folders? I _think_ it should be OK. Notmuch 1) Tracks file renames 2) Attaches tags to message-ids, not to files. As a precaution, it is always worthwhile to have a "notmuch dump" and or full backup before attempting anything drastic. d _______________________________________________ notmuch mailing list notmuch@notmuchmail.org https://notmuchmail.org/mailman/listinfo/notmuch