[neomutt-users] How to best configure NeoMutt with multiple

[Kenneth Flak]

I also haven't found a way to search through the messages from Protonmail server-side, but that's usually not an issue, as I pull all the messages to my machine locally anyway and can search them there... I use mbsync to get the mails, and notmuch to search through them, using this macro:

macro index L "<enter-command>unset wait_key<enter><shell-escape>read -p 'notmuch query: ' x; echo \$x >~/.cache/mutt_terms<enter><limit>~i \"\`notmuch search --output=messages \$(cat ~/.cache/mutt_terms) | head -n 600 | perl -le '@a=<>;chomp at a;s/\^id:// for at a;$,=\"|\";print at a'\`\"<enter>" "show only messages matching a notmuch pattern"

I also use this script to automate the pulling of emails and updating of the search database: 

#!/bin/sh

MBSYNC=$(pgrep mbsync)
NOTMUCH=$(pgrep notmuch)

if [ -n "$MBSYNC" -o -n "$NOTMUCH" ]; then
     echo "Already running one instance of mail-sync. Exiting..."
     exit 0
fi

echo "Deleting messages tagged as *deleted*"
notmuch search --format=text0 --output=files tag:deleted | xargs -0 --no-run-if-empty rm -v

mbsync -a
notmuch new


I run it periodically with a systemd-timer, or manually if I get impatient.

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On 30 Aug 2023  15:46, Andrew Sullivan wrote:
>On Wed, Aug 30, 2023 at 07:16:06PM +0000, technical_fora at proton.me wrote:
>>Out of curiosity how do you effectively search through your server-side
>>mails from within NeoMutt?
>
>On the dovecot instance I operate myself, using the search capabilities of the IMAP server.
>
>On the Exchange365 instance my employer operates, verrry badly.  Generally, if I really need to do that, I just go to the web interface.  Fortunately, I don't have to do it very much.
>
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