gmail importer script

[Jason A. Donenfeld]

On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 2:57 PM, Rainer M Krug <r.m.krug at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > 2) I am downloading with the patched notmuch (to add x-keywords
> containing the labels) only
> > the "All Mail" folder - does your script use this information (if
> present) to tag the emails?
> >
> >
> > What is the patched notmuch? What does that do?
>
> Sorry - should have been "patched offlineimap" (
> https://github.com/aroig/offlineimap
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.mail.imap.offlineimap.general/5943/focus=5970and
> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.mail.imap.offlineimap.general/5970 )
>
> It is synching the gmail labels into the x-keywords header as a comma
> separated list. These could
> then be used by notmuch to be added to the labels. It also does sync
> changes from the X-Keywords
> to gmail (see
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.mail.imap.offlineimap.general/5943/focus=5970for details)


I see.

I use the All Mail folder and get the tags using the X-GM-LABELS imap
extension. I don't muck with the mail headers in the process, fortunately.
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