neomutt wrapper scrip to mbsync before and after

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/home/xyz/.config/neomutt/neomuttrc b/home/xyz/.config/neomutt/neomuttrc
index f4d88ff6..7c8d6b81 100644
--- a/home/xyz/.config/neomutt/neomuttrc
+++ b/home/xyz/.config/neomutt/neomuttrc
@@ -91,6 +91,19 @@ set mail_check=60
 # no ask auto save to draft
 set postpone='yes'
 
+# need echo here to run an external shell command, see https://neomutt.org/feature/global-hooks
+# startup-hook works, but I'm not confidient with it because shutdown-hook is buggy, see below. Because I'll need a wrapper script for mbsync after shutdown, I decided to just use a wrapper script for mbsync before startup also for now
+#startup-hook 'echo `mbsync -a`'
+# I decided not to use timeout-hook and shutdown-hook hooks due to its issues with mbsync, see below
+# timeout-hook and shutdown-hook configured with startup-hook will cause timeout-hook and shutdown-hook mbsync not working? see https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/issues/3298 , my experience is shutdown-hook's mbsync not working, not sure how to test timeout-hook
+# somehow `sleep 1; mbsync -a` works?
+# maybe related: https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/issues/4184 https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/pull/4200
+# more bug notes see vq 
+# consider I may use another email client to access remote email mailboxes, sync when shutdown so those other email client can get latest changes
+#shutdown-hook 'echo `mbsync -a`'
+# I don't understand timeout-hook and $timeout very well, but seems useful, $timeout default 600 seconds, so maybe it sync every 600s
+#timeout-hook 'echo `mbsync -a`'
+
 set query_command="abook --mutt-query '%s'"
 # https://neomutt.org/guide/advancedusage#8-%C2%A0external-address-queries
 # completion when ask for address input