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NAME
notmuch-config - access notmuch configuration file
SYNOPSIS
notmuch config get <section>.<item>
notmuch config set <section>.<item> [value ...]
notmuch config list
DESCRIPTION
The config command can be used to get or set settings in the notmuch configuration file
and corresponding database.
Items marked [STORED IN DATABASE] are only in the database. They should not be placed in
the configuration file, and should be accessed programmatically as described in the
SYNOPSIS above.
get The value of the specified configuration item is printed to stdout. If the item has
multiple values (it is a list), each value is separated by a newline character.
set The specified configuration item is set to the given value. To specify a
multiple-value item (a list), provide each value as a separate command-line
argument.
If no values are provided, the specified configuration item will be removed from
the configuration file.
list Every configuration item is printed to stdout, each on a separate line of the form:
*section*.\ *item*\ =\ *value*
No additional whitespace surrounds the dot or equals sign characters. In a
multiple-value item (a list), the values are separated by semicolon characters.
The available configuration items are described below.
database.path
The top-level directory where your mail currently exists and to where mail will be
delivered in the future. Files should be individual email messages. Notmuch will
store its database within a sub-directory of the path configured here named
.notmuch.
Default: $MAILDIR variable if set, otherwise $HOME/mail.
user.name
Your full name.
Default: $NAME variable if set, otherwise read from /etc/passwd.
user.primary_email
Your primary email address.
Default: $EMAIL variable if set, otherwise constructed from the username and
hostname of the current machine.
user.other_email
A list of other email addresses at which you receive email.
Default: not set.
new.tags
A list of tags that will be added to all messages incorporated by notmuch new.
Default: unread;inbox.
new.ignore
A list to specify files and directories that will not be searched for messages by
notmuch new. Each entry in the list is either:
A file or a directory name, without path, that will be ignored, regardless of the
location in the mail store directory hierarchy.
Or:
A regular expression delimited with // that will be matched against the path of the
file or directory relative to the database path. Matching files and directories
will be ignored. The beginning and end of string must be explicitly anchored. For
example, /.*/foo$/ would match "bar/foo" and "bar/baz/foo", but not "foo" or
"bar/foobar".
Default: empty list.
search.exclude_tags
A list of tags that will be excluded from search results by default. Using an
excluded tag in a query will override that exclusion.
Default: empty list. Note that notmuch-setup(1) puts deleted;spam here when
creating new configuration file.
maildir.synchronize_flags
If true, then the following maildir flags (in message filenames) will be
synchronized with the corresponding notmuch tags:
┌─────┬──────────────────────────────────┐
│Flag │ Tag │
├─────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
│D │ draft │
├─────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
│F │ flagged │
├─────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
│P │ passed │
├─────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
│R │ replied │
├─────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
│S │ unread (added when 'S' flag is │
│ │ not present) │
└─────┴──────────────────────────────────┘
The notmuch new command will notice flag changes in filenames and update tags,
while the notmuch tag and notmuch restore commands will notice tag changes and
update flags in filenames.
If there have been any changes in the maildir (new messages added, old ones removed
or renamed, maildir flags changed, etc.), it is advisable to run notmuch new before
notmuch tag or notmuch restore commands to ensure the tag changes are properly
synchronized to the maildir flags, as the commands expect the database and maildir
to be in sync.
Default: true.
crypto.gpg_path
Name (or full path) of gpg binary to use in verification and decryption of PGP/MIME
messages. NOTE: This configuration item is deprecated, and will be ignored if
notmuch is built against GMime 3.0 or later.
Default: gpg.
index.decrypt [STORED IN DATABASE]
Policy for decrypting encrypted messages during indexing. Must be one of: false,
auto, nostash, or true.
When indexing an encrypted e-mail message, if this variable is set to true, notmuch
will try to decrypt the message and index the cleartext, stashing a copy of any
discovered session keys for the message. If auto, it will try to index the
cleartext if a stashed session key is already known for the message (e.g. from a
previous copy), but will not try to access your secret keys. Use false to avoid
decrypting even when a stashed session key is already present.
nostash is the same as true except that it will not stash newly-discovered session
keys in the database.
From the command line (i.e. during notmuch-new(1), notmuch-insert(1), or
notmuch-reindex(1)), the user can override the database's stored decryption policy
with the --decrypt= option.
Here is a table that summarizes the functionality of each of these policies:
┌─────────────────┬───────┬──────┬─────────┬──────┐
│ │ false │ auto │ nostash │ true │
├─────────────────┼───────┼──────┼─────────┼──────┤
│Index cleartext │ │ X │ X │ X │
│using stashed │ │ │ │ │
│session keys │ │ │ │ │
├─────────────────┼───────┼──────┼─────────┼──────┤
│Index cleartext │ │ │ X │ X │
│using secret │ │ │ │ │
│keys │ │ │ │ │
├─────────────────┼───────┼──────┼─────────┼──────┤
│Stash session │ │ │ │ X │
│keys │ │ │ │ │
├─────────────────┼───────┼──────┼─────────┼──────┤
│Delete stashed │ X │ │ │ │
│session keys on │ │ │ │ │
│reindex │ │ │ │ │
└─────────────────┴───────┴──────┴─────────┴──────┘
Stashed session keys are kept in the database as properties associated with the
message. See session-key in notmuch-properties(7) for more details about how they
can be useful.
Be aware that the notmuch index is likely sufficient (and a stashed session key is
certainly sufficient) to reconstruct the cleartext of the message itself, so please
ensure that the notmuch message index is adequately protected. DO NOT USE
index.decrypt=true or index.decrypt=nostash without considering the security of
your index.
Default: auto.
index.header.<prefix> [STORED IN DATABASE]
Define the query prefix <prefix>, based on a mail header. For example
index.header.List=List-Id will add a probabilistic prefix List: that searches the
List-Id field. User defined prefixes must not start with 'a'...'z'; in particular
adding a prefix with same name as a predefined prefix is not supported. See
notmuch-search-terms(7) for a list of existing prefixes, and an explanation of
probabilistic prefixes.
built_with.<name>
Compile time feature <name>. Current possibilities include "compact" (see
notmuch-compact(1)) and "field_processor" (see notmuch-search-terms(7)).
query.<name> [STORED IN DATABASE]
Expansion for named query called <name>. See notmuch-search-terms(7) for more
information about named queries.
ENVIRONMENT
The following environment variables can be used to control the behavior of notmuch.
NOTMUCH_CONFIG
Specifies the location of the notmuch configuration file. Notmuch will use
${HOME}/.notmuch-config if this variable is not set.
SEE ALSO
notmuch(1), notmuch-count(1), notmuch-dump(1), notmuch-hooks(5), notmuch-insert(1),
notmuch-new(1), notmuch-reply(1), notmuch-restore(1), notmuch-search(1),
notmuch-search-terms(7), notmuch-properties(7), notmuch-show(1), notmuch-tag(1)
AUTHOR
Carl Worth and many others
COPYRIGHT
2009-2020, Carl Worth and many others