> if I remember, there has been at least three different patches for this,
> so you are the fourth :-) You're right that it helps a lot with initial
> import. To promote my work a little bit, I use bidirectional
> synchronization between maildir flags and notmuch tags, which I sent in
> id:1268926780-20045-4-git-send-email-sojkam1@fel.cvut.cz. I use IMAP
> clients from time to time and this helps me a lot because the IMAP
> server has almost never outdated status.

And it shows the need for such a patch :-). It doesn't hurt people who
stop using IMAP flags, and it helps those who still can't use notmuch
locally all the time...

So +1 from me to get one of the patches into mainline.

Sebastian