expand notmuch post-new processing

1 files changed, 19 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/.fmail/.notmuch/hooks/post-new b/.fmail/.notmuch/hooks/post-new
index 6cef2f96..3f239be4 100755
--- a/.fmail/.notmuch/hooks/post-new
+++ b/.fmail/.notmuch/hooks/post-new
@@ -1,12 +1,21 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+# The primary purpose of this script is to maintain the 'draft',
+# 'spam' and 'unread' tags such that the only data in the notmuch
+# database that cannot be reproduced from the Maildir is which threads
+# have been killed, which is not important information.  Then there is
+# no need to sync the notmuch database between machines.  Syncing the
+# maildir with mbsync(1) is sufficient.
+
+# Note that another aspect of this setup is not using an 'inbox' tag.
+
 # mark all sent mail as read
 notmuch tag -unread -- folder:sent
 
 # ensure all drafts are in the drafts folder
 floating_drafts=$(notmuch search --output=files -- tag:draft and not folder:drafts)
 if [ ! -z "$floating_drafts" ]; then
-    mv $floating_drafts $HOME/.fmail/drafts/cur
+    mdmv $floating_drafts $HOME/.fmail/drafts
 fi
 
 # mark all drafts as drafts, and as read
@@ -17,3 +26,12 @@ killed_threads=$(notmuch search --output=threads tag:killed)
 if [ ! -z "$killed_threads" ]; then
     notmuch tag -unread -- $killed_threads
 fi
+
+# ensure all spam is in the spam folder to train FastMail's spam filter
+floating_spam=$(notmuch search --output=files -- tag:spam and not folder:spam)
+if [ ! -z "$floating_spam" ]; then
+    mdmv $floating_spam $HOME/.fmail/spam
+fi
+
+# mark all spam as spam
+notmuch tag +spam -- folder:spam