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authorBence Ferdinandy <bence@ferdinandy.com>2024-01-21 12:02:51 +0100
committerRobin Jarry <robin@jarry.cc>2024-01-24 21:10:05 +0100
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notmuch: document copy-to with maildir+notmuch
Signed-off-by: Bence Ferdinandy <bence@ferdinandy.com> Reviewed-by: inwit <inwit@sindominio.net> Acked-by: Robin Jarry <robin@jarry.cc>
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title: "aerc-wiki: Configurations/Notmuch"
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-# Emulating copy-to for the notmuch backend
+# copy-to for the notmuch backend
Currently, the notmuch backend does not support the `copy-to` setting in
`accounts.conf`.
+## current best practice
+
+In more recent versions, it's possible to set in `accounts.conf`
+a `maildir-store` for notmuch (see `aerc-notmuch(5)`), which makes it what we
+call "notmuch+maildir". With this set, the `copy-to` setting will work.
+
+## older solution
+
One way to work around this is to leverage `notmuch insert`. It works by
inserting the email being sent in the notmuch database and the maildir backing
it, which can then be synchronized to the remote IMAP server using your