Archiving message isn't working as intended

[manishrjain]

I have the following poll.sh script:

#! /bin/bash

if ! ping -w 1 -W 1 -c 1 mail.google.com; then
  echo "No internet connection"
  exit
fi

echo "Running imapfilter"
/usr/bin/imapfilter

echo "Retrieving mail"
/usr/bin/offlineimap

notmuch new

notmuch tag --batch <<EOF
  +work +inbox tag:new and folder:work/inbox
  +work -inbox +github tag:new and folder:work/github
  +personal +inbox tag:new and folder:personal/inbox
EOF

After I read a thread/message, pressing a shows the inbox tag as removed; but on the next poll, the messages shows up again in the inbox as new, inbox. So far, I haven't modified astroid's views, so I'm just using the default functionality (the only mod is the poll script).

Any ideas what's going on?

[gauteh]

Manish R Jain writes on september 7, 2017 2:34:

I have the following poll.sh script: ``` #! /bin/bash if ! ping -w 1 -W 1 -c 1 mail.google.com; then echo "No internet connection" exit fi echo "Running imapfilter" /usr/bin/imapfilter echo "Retrieving mail" /usr/bin/offlineimap notmuch new notmuch tag --batch <<EOF +work +inbox tag:new and folder:work/inbox +work -inbox +github tag:new and folder:work/github +personal +inbox tag:new and folder:personal/inbox EOF ``` After I read a thread/message, pressing `a` shows the inbox tag as removed; but on the next poll, the messages shows up again in the inbox as `new, inbox`. So far, I haven't modified astroid's views, so I'm just using the default functionality (the only mod is the poll script). Any ideas what's going on?

Are you removing the new tag from the messages? Otherwise they will be re-processed next time.

[manishrjain]

Yes, I removed the new tag -- I had done it elsewhere and forgot to update it here. Here's the updated poll.sh

if ! ping -w 1 -W 1 -c 1 mail.google.com; then
  echo "No internet connection"
  exit
fi

echo "Running imapfilter"
# /usr/bin/imapfilter

echo "Retrieving mail"
/usr/bin/offlineimap

notmuch new

notmuch tag --batch <<EOF
  +work +inbox tag:new and folder:work/inbox
  +work -inbox +github tag:new and folder:work/github
  +personal +inbox tag:new and folder:personal/inbox
  -new tag:new
EOF

But, this still doesn't do the sync from Astroid -> Gmail (via notmuch). I can see the inbox tag removed via astroid interface, but just somehow doesn't make it to Gmail. I have set notmuch sync flag to true.

[gauteh]

Manish R Jain writes on september 7, 2017 9:08:

But, this still doesn't do the sync from Astroid -> Gmail (via notmuch). I can see the inbox tag removed via astroid interface, but just somehow doesn't make it to Gmail. I have set notmuch sync flag to true.

Ah - that's a different story. Offlineimap only syncs maildir flags (or messages being moved around in the maildir mirroring the IMAP). Maildir flags are synced by notmuch between tags [0][1], but otherwise tags are not synced. I wrote `gmailieer` for syncing GMail tags with notmuch, it also fetches your emails - so it replaces offlineimap, and does fast syncs once you've done the initial sync: https://github.com/gauteh/gmailieer. It's getting fairly stable by now. There's a bunch of info here on speeding up the polling: https://github.com/astroidmail/astroid/wiki/Advanced-Polling-and-Processing-mail#advanced-polling (feel free to improve the page, it's a bit hard to read the structure there now). [0] https://notmuchmail.org/howto/#index3h2 [1] http://cr.yp.to/proto/maildir.html

[gauteh]

Also: https://notmuchmail.org/special-tags/

[manishrjain]

Ah.. Ok. Would be good to put this in documentation -- that using offlineimap won't sync your changes back to Gmail.

I'll try out gmailieer. Thanks!

[gauteh]

Manish R Jain writes on september 7, 2017 9:29:

Ah.. Ok. Would be good to put this in documentation -- that using offlineimap won't sync your changes back to Gmail.

Feel free ;)

I'll try out gmailieer. Thanks!

Good luck!