idea - (dream?) - tagging based on gmail folders - offlineimap, notmuch or both together?

[Rainer M Krug]

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On 11/04/12 23:23, Alex Botero-Lowry wrote:
> I've implemented a bi-directional notmuch/gmail sync.

Nice.

> It does a full sync fine, but doesn't do partial syncs at all, and it's too slow to run a full
> sync over and over again. I've started working on it again

That's a pity.

> recently, trying to speed up the full sync process by adding multiprocessing.

I guess that is an option. But how is offlineimap actually doing the syncing? It is reasonabley
fast. If one could either link notmuch with offlineimap to translate the folders directly into
tags, it could be reasonably fast?

> The source is at http://alexbl.net/~alexbl/imapsync.py (older version but the logic itself
> hasn't changed), if you're interested in working on it.

Unfortunately no experience at all with python and mail clients / servers / ... sorry.

But if you are looking for alpha / beta testers, please let me know.

Cheers,

Rainer
> 
> On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 1:06 AM, Rainer M Krug
> <R.M.Krug at gmail.com> wrote: Hi
> 
> I am dreaming again (necessary from time to time...)
> 
> I am using offlineimap and notmuch. With offlineimap I sync the "all mail" folder only and
> with notmuch I do the indexing for searching (my normanl mail client is still thunderbird...).
> 
> I thought: When I am syncing "all mail" with offlineimap, all my folder (tags) from gmail are 
> gone. To avoid this, I could sync all folders, but that would multiply the amound I need to
> sync and likely cause problems.
> 
> But what about notmuch could tag my mails based on the gmail folders / tags?
> 
> That would be brilliant. Would this be possible? *Is* it possible? I mean - tags in notmuch and
> in gmail - how to sync them? Or would this be a task for offlineimap?
> 
> I just know this would be a brilliant solution for using gmail "locally" and, if on the road,
> from the web interface or smartphone.
> 
> Any ideas on how to achieve this? Would this be a task for offlineimap, notmuch or a
> combination of both?
> 
> Cheers and thanks for a your work on notmuch,
> 
> Rainer
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