diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 049ca69..a8c13e1 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -52,6 +52,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "anyhow"
+version = "1.0.69"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "224afbd727c3d6e4b90103ece64b8d1b67fbb1973b1046c2281eed3f3803f800"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "async-stream"
 version = "0.3.3"
@@ -1777,6 +1783,13 @@ dependencies = [
  "yansi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "procmail2notmuch"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "quote"
 version = "0.6.13"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3e80e42..a49be0f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ members = [
   "web",
   "server",
   "notmuch",
+  "procmail2notmuch",
 ]
 
 [profile.release]
diff --git a/procmail2notmuch/Cargo.toml b/procmail2notmuch/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af5b033
--- /dev/null
+++ b/procmail2notmuch/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[package]
+name = "procmail2notmuch"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
+anyhow = "1.0.69"
diff --git a/procmail2notmuch/src/main.rs b/procmail2notmuch/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f3108bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/procmail2notmuch/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,240 @@
+use std::{convert::Infallible, io::Write, str::FromStr};
+
+#[derive(Debug, Default)]
+enum MatchType {
+    From,
+    Sender,
+    To,
+    Subject,
+    List,
+    DeliveredTo,
+    XForwardedTo,
+    ReplyTo,
+    XOriginalTo,
+    XSpam,
+    Body,
+    #[default]
+    Unknown,
+}
+#[derive(Debug, Default)]
+struct Match {
+    match_type: MatchType,
+    needle: String,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Default)]
+struct Rule {
+    matches: Vec<Match>,
+    tags: Vec<String>,
+}
+
+fn unescape(s: &str) -> String {
+    s.replace('\\', "")
+}
+
+fn cleanup_match(prefix: &str, s: &str) -> String {
+    unescape(&s[prefix.len()..]).replace(".*", "")
+}
+
+mod matches {
+    pub const TO: &'static str = "TO";
+    pub const CC: &'static str = "Cc";
+    pub const TOCC: &'static str = "(TO|Cc)";
+    pub const FROM: &'static str = "From";
+    pub const SENDER: &'static str = "Sender";
+    pub const SUBJECT: &'static str = "Subject";
+    pub const DELIVERED_TO: &'static str = "Delivered-To";
+    pub const X_FORWARDED_TO: &'static str = "X-Forwarded-To";
+    pub const REPLY_TO: &'static str = "Reply-To";
+    pub const X_ORIGINAL_TO: &'static str = "X-Original-To";
+    pub const LIST_ID: &'static str = "List-ID";
+    pub const X_SPAM: &'static str = "X-Spam";
+    pub const X_SPAM_FLAG: &'static str = "X-Spam-Flag";
+}
+
+impl FromStr for Match {
+    type Err = Infallible;
+
+    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
+        // Examples:
+        //   "* 1^0 ^TOsonyrewards.com@xinu.tv"
+        //   "* ^TOsonyrewards.com@xinu.tv"
+        let mut it = s.split_whitespace().skip(1);
+        let mut needle = it.next().unwrap();
+        if needle == "1^0" {
+            needle = it.next().unwrap();
+        }
+        let mut needle = vec![needle];
+        needle.extend(it);
+        let needle = needle.join(" ");
+        let first = needle.chars().nth(0).unwrap_or(' ');
+        use matches::*;
+        if first == '^' {
+            let needle = &needle[1..];
+            if needle.starts_with(TO) {
+                return Ok(Match {
+                    match_type: MatchType::To,
+                    needle: cleanup_match(TO, needle),
+                });
+            } else if needle.starts_with(FROM) {
+                return Ok(Match {
+                    match_type: MatchType::From,
+                    needle: cleanup_match(FROM, needle),
+                });
+            } else if needle.starts_with(TOCC) {
+                return Ok(Match {
+                    match_type: MatchType::To,
+                    needle: cleanup_match(TOCC, needle),
+                });
+            } else if needle.starts_with(SENDER) {
+                return Ok(Match {
+                    match_type: MatchType::From,
+                    needle: cleanup_match(SENDER, needle),
+                });
+            } else if needle.starts_with(SUBJECT) {
+                return Ok(Match {
+                    match_type: MatchType::Subject,
+                    needle: cleanup_match(SUBJECT, needle),
+                });
+            } else if needle.starts_with(X_ORIGINAL_TO) {
+                return Ok(Match {
+                    match_type: MatchType::XOriginalTo,
+                    needle: cleanup_match(X_ORIGINAL_TO, needle),
+                });
+            } else if needle.starts_with(LIST_ID) {
+                return Ok(Match {
+                    match_type: MatchType::List,
+                    needle: cleanup_match(LIST_ID, needle),
+                });
+            } else if needle.starts_with(REPLY_TO) {
+                return Ok(Match {
+                    match_type: MatchType::ReplyTo,
+                    needle: cleanup_match(REPLY_TO, needle),
+                });
+            } else if needle.starts_with(X_SPAM_FLAG) {
+                return Ok(Match {
+                    match_type: MatchType::XSpam,
+                    needle: '*'.to_string(),
+                });
+            } else if needle.starts_with(X_SPAM) {
+                return Ok(Match {
+                    match_type: MatchType::XSpam,
+                    needle: '*'.to_string(),
+                });
+            } else if needle.starts_with(DELIVERED_TO) {
+                return Ok(Match {
+                    match_type: MatchType::DeliveredTo,
+                    needle: cleanup_match(DELIVERED_TO, needle),
+                });
+            } else if needle.starts_with(X_FORWARDED_TO) {
+                return Ok(Match {
+                    match_type: MatchType::XForwardedTo,
+                    needle: cleanup_match(X_FORWARDED_TO, needle),
+                });
+            } else {
+                unreachable!("needle: '{needle}'")
+            }
+        } else {
+            return Ok(Match {
+                match_type: MatchType::Body,
+                needle: cleanup_match("", &needle),
+            });
+        }
+        Ok(Match::default())
+    }
+}
+
+fn notmuch_from_rules<W: Write>(mut w: W, rules: &[Rule]) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    // TODO(wathiede): if reindexing this many tags is too slow, see if combining rules per tag is
+    // faster.
+    let mut lines = Vec::new();
+    for r in rules {
+        for m in &r.matches {
+            for t in &r.tags {
+                if let MatchType::Unknown = m.match_type {
+                    eprintln!("rule has unknown match {:?}", r);
+                    continue;
+                }
+                lines.push(format!(
+                    "+{} -- {}{}",
+                    t,
+                    match m.match_type {
+                        MatchType::From => "from:",
+                        // TODO(wathiede): something more specific?
+                        MatchType::Sender => "from:",
+                        MatchType::To => "to:",
+                        MatchType::Subject => "subject:",
+                        MatchType::List => "List-ID:",
+                        MatchType::Body => "",
+                        // TODO(wathiede): these will probably require adding fields to notmuch
+                        // index. Handle them later.
+                        MatchType::DeliveredTo
+                        | MatchType::XForwardedTo
+                        | MatchType::ReplyTo
+                        | MatchType::XOriginalTo
+                        | MatchType::XSpam => continue,
+                        MatchType::Unknown => unreachable!(),
+                    },
+                    m.needle
+                ));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    lines.sort();
+    for l in lines {
+        writeln!(w, "{l}")?;
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let input = "/home/wathiede/src/xinu.tv/letterbox/procmailrc";
+    let mut rules = Vec::new();
+    let mut cur_rule = Rule::default();
+    for l in std::fs::read_to_string(input)?.lines() {
+        let l = if let Some(idx) = l.find('#') {
+            &l[..idx]
+        } else {
+            l
+        }
+        .trim();
+        if l.is_empty() {
+            continue;
+        }
+        if l.find('=').is_some() {
+            // Probably a variable assignment, skip line
+            continue;
+        }
+        let first = l.chars().nth(0).unwrap_or(' ');
+        match first {
+            ':' => {
+                // start of rule
+            }
+            '*' => {
+                // add to current rule
+                let m: Match = l.parse()?;
+                cur_rule.matches.push(m);
+            }
+            '.' => {
+                // delivery to folder
+                cur_rule.tags.push(cleanup_match(
+                    "",
+                    &l.replace('.', "/")
+                        .replace(' ', "")
+                        .trim_matches('/')
+                        .to_string(),
+                ));
+                rules.push(cur_rule);
+                cur_rule = Rule::default();
+            }
+            '|' => cur_rule = Rule::default(), // external command
+            '$' => {
+                // TODO(wathiede): tag messages with no other tag as 'inbox'
+                cur_rule = Rule::default();
+            } // variable, should only be $DEFAULT in my config
+            _ => panic!("Unhandled first character '{}' {}", first, l),
+        }
+    }
+    notmuch_from_rules(std::io::stdout(), &rules)?;
+    Ok(())
+}