On Thu, Apr 07, 2016 at 10:50:13PM +0200, bastian-muttu...@t6l.de wrote: > On 07Apr16 19:53 +0200, Andreas wrote: > > > Me too and while it does find the message it does not tell me /where/ it > > is. How do you do this? > > I do not precisely know about notmuch, but the indexers I know about > they create links to the original mail in a temporary maildir folder. At > least follow those links.
Notmuch uses a Xapian database, so no links. Here's one way to find the actual file: $ notmuch search --output=files -- id:20160407205013.gd25...@tweddell.de /home/user/Mail/Gmail/mutt/cur/1460064940_0.8667.hostname,U=5543,FMD5=85a057cb845658bd35be5e2458429a42:2,S Cheers, -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free.