Jan Pobrislo <ccx@webprojekty.cz> writes: > > Every such maildir extension out there that I know of was invented for > some specific application. Out of the two documented formats there are, > the dovecot-keywords file is: > > 1) more limited (26 tags maximum) > 2) simpler to implement, especially wrt. detecting changes > 3) usable out of the box with some tools, as you noted Actually, I just mean the extra maildir flags. I guess only the dovecot sync tool syncs dovecot-keywords. And I don't think "notmuch+dsync users" is a very big group, fwiw. >> On the other hand, maybe not much change to the notmuch core would be >> needed to at least experiment with this, using e.g. hooks to >> notmuch-insert and notmuch-new. > > I was pondering this before and would find it rather neat, but it is > bit more complicated than it might first seem. The hook needs to be > able to add arbitrary files to be watched for changes and deduce from > that which files need their tags re-read. perhaps lastmod: queries can help here. that's more or less what they added for. d