Add /renew/ tag to moved/renamed/reflagged messages

[francois at avalenn.eu]

On Wed, Mar 04, 2015 at 02:07:01PM +0100, Baptiste wrote:
> new messages are given a default (configurable) tag, typically /new/ …
> This is handy for automatic tagging.
> 
> What about another automatic tag to re-add to an existing mail when
> =notmuch new= detect a moved, renamed or reflagged message … This
> would allow something like tag synchro through an =IMAP= mailbox, or
> at least keep folder and tag organization coherent while a message
> is moved …

I would really like this too. An other use case is for mailing lists,
my messages are tagged with new when they appear in my outbox but I
would like to complete tags when receiving them via the mailing list.





> 
> my usecase is :
> - On PC A
>   - message /1/ is received from =IMAP= in default mail folder, given tag /new/
>   - message /1/ is automatically tagged /inbox/ (see /afew/)
> - On PC B
>   - message /1/ is received from =IMAP= in default mail folder, given tag /new/
>   - message /1/ is automatically tagged /inbox/ (see /afew/)
>   - manual tagging into mail client as /archive/
>   - mail is moved (see /afew/) to /Archives/ folder due to /archive/ tag
>   - message /1/ no more in default but /Archives/ folder is synchronized back to =IMAP= server
> - On PC A (not possible today)
>   - message /1/ is re-received from =IMAP= in /Archives/ folder, and removed from default mail folder, added tag /renew/
>     - (today, =notmuch new= just detect the moved file, and thanksfully keep existing tags)
>   - message /1/ is automatically tagged /archive/ due to presence in /Archives/ folder (and /renew/ tag)
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> -- 
> ~~^v^~~ Baptiste