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Command Line Usage
==================
Ultimately afew is a command line tool. You have to specify an action, and
whether to act on all messages, or only on new messages. The actions you can
choose from are:
tag
run the tag filters. See `Initial tagging`_.
watch
continuously monitor the mailbox for new files
move-mails
move mail files between maildir folders
Initial tagging
---------------
Basic tagging stuff requires no configuration, just run
.. code-block:: sh
$ afew --tag --new
# or to tag *all* messages
$ afew --tag --all
To do this automatically you can add the following hook into your
`~/.offlineimaprc`:
.. code-block:: ini
postsynchook = ionice -c 3 chrt --idle 0 /bin/sh -c "notmuch new && afew --tag --new"
There is a lot more to say about general filter :doc:`configuration`
and the different :doc:`filters` provided by afew.
Simulation
^^^^^^^^^^
Adding `--dry-run` to any `--tag` or `--sync-tags` action prevents
modification of the notmuch db. Add some `-vv` goodness to see some
action.
Move Mode
---------
To invoke afew in move mode, provide the `--move-mails` option on the
command line. Move mode will respect `--dry-run`, so throw in
`--verbose` and watch what effects a real run would have.
In move mode, afew will check all mails (or only recent ones) in the
configured maildir folders, deciding whether they should be moved to
another folder.
The decision is based on rules defined in your config file. A rule is
bound to a source folder and specifies a target folder into which a
mail will be moved that is matched by an associated query.
This way you will be able to transfer your sorting principles roughly
to the classic folder based maildir structure understood by your
traditional mail server. Tag your mails with notmuch, call afew
`--move-mails` in an offlineimap presynchook and enjoy a clean inbox
in your webinterface/GUI-client at work.
Note that in move mode, afew calls `notmuch new` after moving mails around.
You can use `afew -m --notmuch-args=--no-hooks` in a pre-new notmuch hook
to avoid loops.
For information on how to configure rules for move mode, what you can
do with it and what you can't, please refer to :doc:`move_mode`.
Commandline help
----------------
The full set of options is:
.. code-block:: sh
$ afew --help
Usage: afew [options] [--] [query]
Options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
Actions:
Please specify exactly one action.
-t, --tag run the tag filters
-w, --watch continuously monitor the mailbox for new files
-m, --move-mails move mail files between maildir folders
Query modifiers:
Please specify either --all or --new or a query string.
-a, --all operate on all messages
-n, --new operate on all new messages
General options:
-C NOTMUCH_CONFIG, --notmuch-config=NOTMUCH_CONFIG
path to the notmuch configuration file [default:
$NOTMUCH_CONFIG or ~/.notmuch-config]
-e ENABLE_FILTERS, --enable-filters=ENABLE_FILTERS
filter classes to use, separated by ',' [default:
filters specified in afew's config]
-d, --dry-run don't change the db [default: False]
-R REFERENCE_SET_SIZE, --reference-set-size=REFERENCE_SET_SIZE
size of the reference set [default: 1000]
-T DAYS, --reference-set-timeframe=DAYS
do not use mails older than DAYS days [default: 30]
-v, --verbose be more verbose, can be given multiple times
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