2011-08-18 13:18:53 +02:00
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Notmuch is an answer to Sup. Sup is a very good email program written by
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William Morgan (and others) and is the direct inspiration for Notmuch.
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2017-01-23 23:20:26 +01:00
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Notmuch began as an effort to rewrite performance-critical pieces of Sup
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in C rather than ruby. From there, it grew into a separate project. One
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2013-07-12 19:26:47 +02:00
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significant contribution Notmuch makes compared to Sup is the separation
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of the indexer/searcher from the user interface. (Notmuch provides a
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2011-08-18 13:18:53 +02:00
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library interface so that its indexing/searching/tagging features can be
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2013-07-12 19:26:47 +02:00
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integrated into any email program.
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