Development: Maildir syncback

Development of Maildir Syncback

Usage instructions: Maildir-Syncback, development is going on in the maildir-sync branch.

Syncing labels

Resources:

• notmuch syncback script: https://github.com/altercation/es-bin/blob/master/maildir-notmuch-sync
• mu: https://github.com/djcb/mu

How they do it

mu stores keywords (aka labels) under a specific header in the email : X-Keyword. This allows seamless synchronisation with no additional tools or specific formats, at the cost of modifying user's emails with program-specific data.