how do you do everyday mail catchup with notmuch? (was: Re: search for date received possible?)

[Gregor Zattler]

Hi Daniel, notmuch users and developers,
* Daniel Schoepe <daniel at schoepe.org> [24. Oct. 2011]:
> On Sun, 23 Oct 2011 23:42:54 +0200, Gregor Zattler <telegraph at gmx.net> wrote:
> Unfortunately, notmuch doesn't index all headers at the moment (only
> From, To, Cc, etc.), so I don't think this is currently possible. It has
> been on the TODO list[1] for a long time though.
> 
> [1] http://notmuchmail.org/feature-requests/

Thank you for patiently answering my FAQ.

I asked for this feature because in my understanding of mail
handling with notmuch it is essential for the everyday task of
catching up with latest emails.  I especially run notmuch via
cron every minute in order to have up-to-date database and not
miss emails which just arrived.

With a convectional email setup, emails are filtered in
one/several folders and one looks in these folders for new emails
which weren't there last time.  (Especially outlook) users get
fooled if important emails have for one reason or another a wrong
date and are therefore not sorted at the end/beginning of their
emails so they are missed.  Best way to not miss newly arrived
email for me is to sort them chronologically according to time of
arrival.

Is there another solution to this email handling problem which
works with notmuch (and of which I'm not aware ATM)?

How do you make sure you don't miss emails while using notmuch?

I appreciate your any input.  Have a nice day, Gregor