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     Carl Worth and many others

     Copyright (C) 2009-2020, Carl Worth and many others


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1 SYNOPSIS
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`notmuch' `config' `get' <`section'>.<`item'>

`notmuch' `config' `set' <`section'>.<`item'> [`value' ...]

`notmuch' `config' `list'


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2 DESCRIPTION
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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'.

`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 using                    X          X             X
     stashed session keys                                              
     Index cleartext using                               X             X
     secret keys                                                       
     Stash session keys                                                X
     Delete stashed session keys  X                                    
     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
     "retry_lock" (configure option, included by default).  (since
     notmuch 0.30, "compact" and "field_processor" are always included.)

`query.<name>' `[STORED IN DATABASE]'
     Expansion for named query called <name>. See
     `notmuch-search-terms(7)' for more information about named queries.


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3 ENVIRONMENT
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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.


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4 SEE ALSO
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`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)'



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