> I actually prefer this approach, but I think it would be more useful to > leave the syncing of the emails to a different program, and then just > managing the labels / tags with your tool (which is notmuch territory). So > the workflow would be: > So, implementing the mail sync in this script would, as I see it, kind of > reinventing the wheel. You're misunderstanding me. Let me make it very clear what the script does. Actually why don't you just read the source code? Please? Well, anyway, here: - It looks in gmail and asks it which messages gmail has - It downloads those messages - It applies gmail's labels to those messages as tags The end. Along the way it has some smart things to reduce redundant downloads. For more information, consult the source code.