Gmail doesn't have folders, of course, it has labels, which are approximately equivalent to notmuch tags. The key difference being that a message can only be in one folder, but it can have multiple tags/labels.

On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 8:35 AM, Damien Cassou <damien.cassou@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,

I'm a Gmail user and would like to keep using Gmail web interface in
parallel to Notmuch. Basically, I would like Notmuch to mimic Gmail's
behavior. In the notmuch mailing list, users proposed to convert Gmail
folders to Notmuch tags and back (e.g.,
http://notmuchmail.org/pipermail/notmuch/2012/009280.html). However, I
didn't see any out-of-the-box full implementation of this proposal.

Another solution would be to work directly with folders from Notmuch.
Adding a Notmuch tag would just copy the current mail file to a
different folder. Removing a tag would just remove the current mail
file from the folder. Would such a solution work? What would I loose?

Thank you
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