[ANNOUNCE] notmuchfs - A virtual maildir file system for notmuch queries

David Bremner david at tethera.net
Sun Sep 30 17:55:37 PDT 2012


Tim Stoakes <notmuch at stoakes.net> writes:

> Hello fellow notmuch-ers,
>
> What is notmuchfs?
> ------------------
> Notmuchfs implements a virtual file system which creates maildirs from notmuch
> mail query results. This is useful for using notmuch with tools which are not
> aware of notmuch, only maildirs - such as mutt.
>
> Basically you 'mkdir' your query strings, then point your tool of choice at
> that directory, and it turns into a virtual maildir containing the query
> results.
>

Well, since nobody else said it, let me be the first to say, that's a
pretty cool hack!

All the best,

David


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