[notmuch] How to index /var/spool/mail with notmuch

2009-11-26 Thread Carl Worth
On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:42:09 +0100, Tassilo Horn wrote: > Carl Worth writes: > > > But perhaps these errors should be made into warnings instead? Any > > thoughts on that anyone? > > I think so. For other dovecot internal index files it already says > something like "Ignoring non-mail file

[notmuch] How to index /var/spool/mail with notmuch

2009-11-23 Thread Tassilo Horn
Carl Worth writes: Hi Carl, >> Unfortunately, there are some dovecot internal files, which should >> neither be indexed by notmuch, and which have 600 permissions for the >> mail user. And that's where notmuch errors and stops indexing. :-( > > Hi Tassilo, welcome to notmuch! > > I'm glad you

[notmuch] How to index /var/spool/mail with notmuch

2009-11-23 Thread Carl Worth
On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:24:47 +0100, Tassilo Horn wrote: > But I get some permission problems when trying to index /var/spool/mail. > I was able to create a .notmuch/ directory in there with permissions set > to 700 for my user. All mail files are readable for my user. > > Unfortunately, there

[notmuch] How to index /var/spool/mail with notmuch

2009-11-22 Thread Tassilo Horn
Jed Brown writes: Hi Jed, >> - I run a local IMAP server (dovecot) and access it using Gnus >> - Dovecot stores its mails in /var/spool/mail/ in some one file per >> message format > > How about > > $ mkdir -p ~/mail/spool > $ ln -s /var/spool/mail/$USER/{cur,new,tmp} ~/mail/spool > >

[notmuch] How to index /var/spool/mail with notmuch

2009-11-22 Thread Jed Brown
On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:24:47 +0100, Tassilo Horn wrote: > Hi all, > > I'd like to try out notmuch. My mail setup is as follows: > > - I run a local IMAP server (dovecot) and access it using Gnus > - Dovecot stores its mails in /var/spool/mail/ in some one file per > message format

[notmuch] How to index /var/spool/mail with notmuch

2009-11-22 Thread Tassilo Horn
Hi all, I'd like to try out notmuch. My mail setup is as follows: - I run a local IMAP server (dovecot) and access it using Gnus - Dovecot stores its mails in /var/spool/mail/ in some one file per message format But I get some permission problems when trying to index /var/spool/mail. I