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Looks interesting! Based on a quick stroll through the source code, I don't see any search integration. Is that correct? I guess I could just shell out to not

Looks interesting! Based on a quick stroll through the source code, I don't see any search integration. Is that correct? I guess I could just shell out to notmuch? But I do find virtual folders for searches really convenient. Currently using neomutt with notmuch support, over a Maildir (which in turn is separately synced via IMAP using mbsync). Not having all the context vanish ala mutt would sure be nice.

Sir_Cmpwn 7y ago
There's a ticket planned for adding a notmuch backend straight up: https://todo.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/aerc2/105 https://todo.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/aerc2/105 No indirection through mbsync & maildir. This shouldn't be terribly hard - if you're interested in working on this feature, swing by the IRC channel to get a rundown of the technical details. There's also a ticket for search in general: https://todo.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/aerc2/93 https://todo.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/aerc2/93 Which will probably be implemented for IMAP by 0.2.0.
- anarazel 7y ago
  Thanks for the references! I personally work offline for a fair bit (personally more productive that way, and I'm also traveling plenty for work). So I kinda like the mbsync & maildir indirection (although I do hate the lack of NOTIFY, and some other imap inefficiencies around not supporting QRESYNC etc).
- em-bee 7y ago
  i am looking forward to this. i am currently using supmua, the ancestor of notmuch, and i haven't been able to switch to any other notmuch based terminal client because their interfaces all felt inferior to sup. aerc is the first client i see that does the interface with multiple switchable screens right from the start. notmuch integration with the ability to keep virtual folders based on tags and on searches is the only thing keeping me from trying out aerc right now. i'll be keeping an eye on it.
  - rakoo 7y ago
    You should have a look at astroid (https://github.com/astroidmail/astroid https://github.com/astroidmail/astroid). It is written by one of the ex-maintainers of sup but uses notmuch, so the workflows are mostly similar. It's not in a terminal though.
    - em-bee 7y ago
      yeah, i am aware. if it wasn't for the terminal i would have tried it. but for my workflow, email in a terminal is a must.

Sir_Cmpwn 7y ago

There's a ticket planned for adding a notmuch backend straight up: https://todo.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/aerc2/105 https://todo.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/aerc2/105 No indirection through mbsync & maildir. This shouldn't be terribly hard - if you're interested in working on this feature, swing by the IRC channel to get a rundown of the technical details. There's also a ticket for search in general: https://todo.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/aerc2/93 https://todo.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/aerc2/93 Which will probably be implemented for IMAP by 0.2.0.

anarazel 7y ago
Thanks for the references! I personally work offline for a fair bit (personally more productive that way, and I'm also traveling plenty for work). So I kinda like the mbsync & maildir indirection (although I do hate the lack of NOTIFY, and some other imap inefficiencies around not supporting QRESYNC etc).
em-bee 7y ago
i am looking forward to this. i am currently using supmua, the ancestor of notmuch, and i haven't been able to switch to any other notmuch based terminal client because their interfaces all felt inferior to sup. aerc is the first client i see that does the interface with multiple switchable screens right from the start. notmuch integration with the ability to keep virtual folders based on tags and on searches is the only thing keeping me from trying out aerc right now. i'll be keeping an eye on it.
- rakoo 7y ago
  You should have a look at astroid (https://github.com/astroidmail/astroid https://github.com/astroidmail/astroid). It is written by one of the ex-maintainers of sup but uses notmuch, so the workflows are mostly similar. It's not in a terminal though.
  - em-bee 7y ago
    yeah, i am aware. if it wasn't for the terminal i would have tried it. but for my workflow, email in a terminal is a must.