NAME

       aerc-notmuch - notmuch configuration for aerc(1)

SYNOPSIS

       aerc supports using the notmuch email system as a backend, for fast indexing and
       searching.

       For this to be enabled, aerc needs to be build with notmuch support.
       Refer to the installation instructions for details.

CONFIGURATION

       Notmuch accounts currently are not supported with the :new-account command and must be
       added manually.

       In accounts.conf (see aerc-config(5)), the following notmuch-specific options are
       available:

       source
           notmuch://path

           The source indicates the path to the directory containing your notmuch database
           (usually a .notmuch folder).

           The path portion of the URL following notmuch:// must be either an absolute path
           prefixed by / or a path relative to your home directory prefixed with ~. For example:

               source = notmuch:///home/me/mail

               source = notmuch://~/mail

       query-map
           Path to a file containing a mapping from display name to notmuch query in the form of
           NAME=QUERY.
           Multiple entries can be specified, one per line.
           Lines starting with '#' are ignored and serve as comments.

           e.g. inbox=tag:inbox and not tag:archived

           Default: none

       exclude-tags
           Comma separated list of tags which will be excluded from query results, unless
           explicitly mentioned in the query.
           This can for example be useful if you use an archive or spam tag.

           Default: none

USAGE

       Notmuch shows slightly different behaviour than for example imap.
       Some commands are simply unsupported because they have no proper counterpart in notmuch,
       like :delete and :archive.
       Others are slightly different in semantics and mentioned below:

       cf <notmuch query>
           The change folder command allows for arbitrary notmuch queries and should usually be
           preferred over :filter as it will be much faster if you use the notmuch database to do
           the filtering

SEE ALSO

       aerc(1) aerc-config(5) aerc-smtp(5) aerc-maildir(5)

AUTHORS

       Originally created by Drew DeVault <sir@cmpwn.com> and maintained by Robin Jarry
       <robin@jarry.cc> who is assisted by other open source contributors. For more information
       about aerc development, see https://sr.ht/~rjarry/aerc/.

                                            2024-11-15                            aerc-notmuch(5)