add hook to delete a mail permanently

astroid/hooks/delmail

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Deletes a mail permanently from the computer and the notmuch database
+# Safeguard: only deletes a mail if it's tagged with $TAG, e.g. "del" or "trash"
+#
+# $1 = message id
+
+TAG="del"
+LOG="/home/$USER/.config/astroid/hooks/hook.log"
+
+ID=$1
+FILE=$(notmuch search --exclude=false --output=files id:"${ID}")    # get actual file path of MID
+
+if [[ $(notmuch search --exclude=false id:"${ID}" and tag:"${TAG}") ]]; then  # only do something if mail is tagged "del"
+  rm ${FILE}    # delete file
+  echo "[delmail] [SUCCESS] \"${FILE}\" tagged with \"${TAG}\" has been deleted. ID: ${ID}" >> $LOG
+else
+  echo "[delmail] [ERROR] not tagged as \"${TAG}\" and therefore not deleted: ${ID}" >> $LOG
+fi
+
+notmuch new

astroid/keybindings

@@ -40,3 +40,4 @@ thread_view.toggle_unread=u # Toggle the unread tag on the message, default: N
 
 # HOOKS
 thread_view.run(hooks::unspam %2 %1)=M-s
+thread_view.run(hooks::delmail %2 %1)=M-d