Help getting started

[Suvayu Ali]

Hi mutt-kz users/developers,

I wanted to try out mutt-kz, so I cloned from github, compiled it and
ran from the build directory.  However I'm having some issues, I was
wondering if someone here can help.

1) Many of my configurations from my muttrc are not recognised. e.g.
   header_cache: unknown variable
   message_cachedir: unknown variable
   certificate_file: unknown variable
   smtp_url: unknown variable
   smtp_pass: unknown variable

2) When I try to read an email disregarding the above errors, I see all
   the email headers displayed along with the body. Using h to toggle
   doesn't help either.

So far I am stuck with these, but what drew me towards mutt-kz was the
notmuch integration, virtual search folders, and the possibility of
having a sidepane.  So some guidance on where I can find information to
configure these would also be very helpful.  :)

Thanks in advance.

[Suvayu Ali]

Hi everyone,

On Sat, Aug 04, 2012 at 10:08:04PM +0200, Suvayu Ali wrote:
> Hi mutt-kz users/developers,
>
> I wanted to try out mutt-kz, so I cloned from github, compiled it and
> ran from the build directory.  However I'm having some issues, I was
> wondering if someone here can help.
> Many of my configurations from my muttrc are not recognised. e.g.
> header_cache: unknown variable
> message_cachedir: unknown variable
> certificate_file: unknown variable
> smtp_url: unknown variable
> smtp_pass: unknown variable

I resolved these issues; I didn't realise these features were not
compiled by default.  Turning on the appropriate flags did the trick.
This is how I compile now:

./configure --enable-dependency-tracking --enable-notmuch \
      --enable-gpgme --enable-hcache --enable-imap --enable-smtp \
      --with-ssl --with-gnutls --with-sasl --with-curses --with-regex

Are there any common flags I should enable?  In my setup, I read my
emails from a maildir synchronised by OfflineIMAP; and I send email by
using the Gmail SMTP servers.

I think I also encountered a possible bug.  I use %X in my $index_format
to detect attachments; this seems to fail with mutt-kz.  Any ideas?
> So far I am stuck with these, but what drew me towards mutt-kz was the
> notmuch integration, virtual search folders, and the possibility of
> having a sidepane.  So some guidance on where I can find information to
> configure these would also be very helpful.  :)

I tried looking for notmuch related documentation in manual.txt, however
I could only find four variables but did not quite follow how to call
notmuch in the first place.  Can someone point me to the right
direction?

Cheers,

[Cameron Matheson]

Hi there,

On Wed, Aug 08, 2012 at 11:43:13PM +0200, Suvayu Ali wrote:
> I tried looking for notmuch related documentation in manual.txt, however
> I could only find four variables but did not quite follow how to call
> notmuch in the first place.  Can someone point me to the right
> direction?

I'm new to mutt-kz/notmuch myself, so I could be leading you astray, but I have
been running notmuch outside of mutt-kz.  (I run 'notmuch new' before starting
mutt).  This works OK for me, but it would be cooler to have a hook run notmuch
new for you (I'm not sure if this is safe to do or not).

Cam

[Suvayu Ali]

Hello Cam,

On Thu, Aug 09, 2012 at 03:19:05PM -0600, Cameron Matheson wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> On Wed, Aug 08, 2012 at 11:43:13PM +0200, Suvayu Ali wrote:
> > I tried looking for notmuch related documentation in manual.txt, however
> > I could only find four variables but did not quite follow how to call
> > notmuch in the first place.  Can someone point me to the right
> > direction?
>
> I'm new to mutt-kz/notmuch myself, so I could be leading you astray, but I have
> been running notmuch outside of mutt-kz.  (I run 'notmuch new' before starting
> mutt).  This works OK for me, but it would be cooler to have a hook run notmuch
> new for you (I'm not sure if this is safe to do or not).

Sorry I wasn't clear earlier.  I already run `notmuch new' from the
postsynchook in OfflineIMAP.  However it is unclear to me how to call
notmuch search from mutt-kz so that I can browse the results in mutt-kz
and view the emails as needed.  As far as I understand it is also
possible to have virtual folders as "saved" notmuch searches.  So for
example, if I tag all emails since last Monday as "this-week" in the
postsynchook from OfflineIMAP; I could have a saved search `notmuch
search tag:this-week' which will give me a virtual folder with all mail
from the current week.

I hope I made myself clear this time around. :)
> Cam

[Daren Lord]

On Aug 9, 2012, at 5:47 PM, Suvayu Ali  wrote:
> However it is unclear to me how to call
> notmuch search from mutt-kz so that I can browse the results in mutt-kz
> and view the emails as needed.  As far as I understand it is also
> possible to have virtual folders as "saved" notmuch searches.  So for
> example, if I tag all emails since last Monday as "this-week" in the
> postsynchook from OfflineIMAP; I could have a saved search `notmuch
> search tag:this-week' which will give me a virtual folder with all mail
> from the current week.
>
> I hope I made myself clear this time around. :)
> > Cam
>
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>
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Check out this page https://github.com/karelzak/mutt-kz/blob/master/README.notmuch

The function vfolder-from-query will do what I think what you are describing. It happens in mutt without any configuration.

However you can configure virtual folders in your muttrc so you can always have those results. See the section virtual-mailboxes.

I hope that is what you are looking for.

Daren

[Suvayu Ali]

Hi Daren,

On Thu, Aug 09, 2012 at 08:21:11PM -0600, Daren Lord wrote:
> Check out this page https://github.com/karelzak/mutt-kz/blob/master/README.notmuch

For some strange reason I looked at that file for compilation
instructions but forgot to look again for usage!  This was exactly what
I needed.  Sorry for not being more thorough.
> The function vfolder-from-query will do what I think what you are
> describing. It happens in mutt without any configuration.
>
> However you can configure virtual folders in your muttrc so you can
> always have those results. See the section virtual-mailboxes.
>
> I hope that is what you are looking for.

Thanks to you pointers I have everything working just as I had hoped!
> Daren

Thanks a lot,