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| author | Patrick Totzke <patricktotzke@gmail.com> | 2012-04-22 19:42:48 +0100 |
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| committer | Patrick Totzke <patricktotzke@gmail.com> | 2012-04-22 19:42:48 +0100 |
| commit | 7d128aaa12d364ef41cb7af580256c65f78ca8b5 (patch) | |
| tree | 3ebbb2ea1950b81faa941585d96254776dd9ecc3 | |
| parent | 9a6be9ba2fe6f349fe51b527b1d3bf995a83f5ff (diff) | |
docs: note conditions on (sent|draft)_box settings
automatic indexing of outgoing mails and saved drafts
currently works only for maildir container within
the notmuch database path.
cf issue #436
| -rw-r--r-- | alot/defaults/alot.rc.spec | 12 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/alot/defaults/alot.rc.spec b/alot/defaults/alot.rc.spec index b3927844..e189f8bf 100644 --- a/alot/defaults/alot.rc.spec +++ b/alot/defaults/alot.rc.spec @@ -150,11 +150,19 @@ prompt_suffix = string(default=':') # sendmail command. This is the shell command used to send out mails via the sendmail protocol sendmail_command = string(default='sendmail') - # where to store outgoing mails, e.g. `maildir:///home/you/mail//Sent` + # where to store outgoing mails, e.g. `maildir:///home/you/mail/Sent`. # You can use mbox, maildir, mh, babyl and mmdf in the protocol part of the URL. + # + # .. note:: If you want to add outgoing mails automatically to the notmuch index + # you must use maildir in a path within your notmuch database path. sent_box = mail_container(default=None) - # where to store draft mails, see :ref:`sent_box <sent-box>` for the format + # where to store draft mails, e.g. `maildir:///home/you/mail/Drafts`. + # You can use mbox, maildir, mh, babyl and mmdf in the protocol part of the URL. + # + # .. note:: You will most likely want drafts indexed by notmuch to be able to + # later access them within alot. This currently only works for + # maildir containers in a path below your notmuch database path. draft_box = mail_container(default=None) # list of tags to automatically add to outgoing messages |