Ever get included on an email thread that isn't relevant? It can be distracting to see new emails appear on a thread you already know is not interesting. You could mark them as read manually, but that is tedious.
This mute-thread script silences email threads that you don't want to read, even after new emails are received.
Download it here.
Setup
It relies on the awesome notmuch(1) email utility, so make sure you have that set up in order to use this script.
The following .muttrc macro integrates this with the mutt(1) email client. When you press M the entire email thread is muted:
macro index M "<enter-command>unset wait_key<enter><pipe-message>~/.mutt/mute-thread add<enter><enter-command>set wait_key<enter><read-thread>" "Mute thread"
After fetching new emails, run notmuch and then mute-thread apply.
Unmuting threads
If you change your mind, run mute-thread remove MESSAGE-ID to unmute a thread again. Future emails will not be silenced.
