[PATCH] lib: Save filenames for files detected as "not an email file" in the database.
Tomi Ollila
tomi.ollila at iki.fi
Sat Jan 21 01:48:32 PST 2012
On Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:00:27 -0500, Austin Clements <amdragon at MIT.EDU> wrote:
> Later runs of "notmuch new" won't scan these files again and won't
> print warnings.
>
> Various programs (Dovecot, in my case) store indexes and caches and
> such in the maildir. Without this, notmuch persistently complains
> about such files.
> ---
LGTM...
> Every time I run notmuch new I get a slew of these warnings. It was
> starting to get on my nerves, so I implemented the solution suggested
> by the TODO file.
[ ... ]
> -large so the detection could be potentially slow). 2. A "notmuch
> -search" syntax could be added to allow the user to find these files,
> -(and perhaps delete them or move them away as appropriate).
> +Add a "notmuch search" syntax to allow uses to find files recorded as
> +non-emails in the database (and perhaps delete them or move them away
> +as appropriate).
Could these messages be tagged with some fixed tag -- we already have
'signed' and 'attachment' tag. maybe 'nonemail' (or something) could
be used for these messages ?
Tomi
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