Re: Filter and backtick substitution

2015-05-24 Thread David Champion
* On 24 May 2015, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > Are filter substitutions (example: source "list-my-mailboxes|") and backtick > substitutions (example: source `echo foo.rc`) done through a shell > (i.e. through system(3)) or directly (i.e. through fork(2) and exec(2))? > > This would make a difference wi

Filter and backtick substitution

2015-05-24 Thread Ian Zimmerman
Are filter substitutions (example: source "list-my-mailboxes|") and backtick substitutions (example: source `echo foo.rc`) done through a shell (i.e. through system(3)) or directly (i.e. through fork(2) and exec(2))? This would make a difference with shell metacharacters, such as if the "foo" abov

Re: options for mutt + notmuch integration

2015-05-24 Thread Tim Gray
On May 24, 2015 at 05:55 PM -0400, Xu Wang wrote: Assuming notmuch is the way to go, I have looked into options for integrating mutt and notmuch. I see the following possibilities: (1) mutt-kz (2) the python script. (3) mutt-notmuch [1] (I understand this is deprecated, see [2]) (4) notmuch-mutt

Re: options for mutt + notmuch integration

2015-05-24 Thread Ian Zimmerman
On 2015-05-24 17:55 -0400, Xu Wang wrote: > I see the following possibilities: > (1) mutt-kz > (2) the python script. > (3) mutt-notmuch [1] (I understand this is deprecated, see [2]) > (4) notmuch-mutt, which is integrated into notmuch (see [3]) > Another objective of this email is to understand

Re: options for mutt + notmuch integration

2015-05-24 Thread Suvayu Ali
Hi Xu, On Sun, May 24, 2015 at 05:55:02PM -0400, Xu Wang wrote: > > I would prefer not to use mutt-kz because I do not like using forks in > general. I wouldn't mind rebasing the patches on top of mutt though. > Has anyone had success with this or do they not apply cleanly? I use mutt-kz for a f

options for mutt + notmuch integration

2015-05-24 Thread Xu Wang
Dear all, I am studying the best approach to get better searching from within mutt. From what I understand, this involves looking for an indexer, and the best indexer is notmuch. If I misunderstood either of the previous points, please let me know. Note that my setup is mutt, offlineimap, and gmai

Re: quickly switching to an alternate for "from"

2015-05-24 Thread Mun
Hi Richard, On Sun, May 24, 2015 at 04:19 AM PDT, Richard Z wrote: RZ> On Sat, May 23, 2015 at 09:58:06PM -0700, Mun wrote: RZ> > Hi Ian, RZ> > RZ> > On Sat, May 23, 2015 at 06:15 PM PDT, Ian Zimmerman wrote: RZ> RZ> > IZ> Did you have a good reason to bypass Google servers? If not, using RZ> >

Re: quickly switching to an alternate for "from"

2015-05-24 Thread Mun
Hi David, On Sat, May 23, 2015 at 11:28 PM PDT, David Champion wrote: DC> * On 23 May 2015, Mun wrote: DC> > DC> > Indeed. I use a send-hook to accomplish the change to "from". However, DC> > I recently found at least one destination bounced my mail because it DC> > detected that I didn't act

Re: quickly switching to an alternate for "from"

2015-05-24 Thread Richard Z
On Sat, May 23, 2015 at 09:58:06PM -0700, Mun wrote: > Hi Ian, > > On Sat, May 23, 2015 at 06:15 PM PDT, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > IZ> Did you have a good reason to bypass Google servers? If not, using > IZ> gmail as a relay would likely work around this. > > Not really. I have multiple e-mail ac