Ralph Seichter <abbot@monksofcool.net> writes: > Hi folks, > > I can't help but wonder why text like > > Note: Ignoring non-mail file: /home/foo/.maildir/.private/dovecot-uidlist > Note: Ignoring non-mail file: /home/foo/.maildir/.work/dovecot.index.log > 0022 > > is written when I run "notmuch new --quiet"? > > Only error conditions should be reported to stderr, so why are lines 1 > and 2 written to stderr? Notes are not errors. They could quite reasonably be retitled 'Warning' since they sometimes indicate a disagreement between notmuch and the MDA as to how mail files should be formatted on disk). Your case just happens to be on the harmless end. I could imagine more levels of quiet, but I don't know if it is worth the trouble. > Also, why is line #3, which represents the current umask value, > written to stdout? I can duplicate that here. Could it maybe a wrapper script or hook invoked by notmuch new? _______________________________________________ notmuch mailing list notmuch@notmuchmail.org https://notmuchmail.org/mailman/listinfo/notmuch