Unable to search for emails with content with a given MIME type

[David Bremner]

Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux at gmail.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 08:01:31PM -0600, Todd wrote:
>> 
>> The feature you wanted was committed a few days ago (searching with a
>> "mimetype:" prefix).  Searching for "mimetype:calendar" would get any
>> "text/calendar" or "ics/calendar" attachments.
>
> I am using notmuch from HEAD, but I do not get any results with
> mimetype:<word>.  Is this only available for new emails?  If so, how do
> I enable, searching with mimetype: for old emails?
>

You'll have to dump your tags, re-index, and restore your tags.

d