initial_tagging: document tagging of read mails

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 # Approaches to initial tagging of messages
 
 This page collects scripts and strategies for organizing mail using
 notmuch and doing automated initial tagging.
 
 # Approaches to initial tagging of messages
 
 This page collects scripts and strategies for organizing mail using
 notmuch and doing automated initial tagging.
 

-Here's a very general and ad-hoc approach to initial message tagging.

 The `[new]` config section allows you to control which tags new messages
 The `[new]` config section allows you to control which tags new messages

-receive.  This sets all new messages to get the *new* tag:
+receive. By default, `notmuch config` will use the tags *inbox* and *unread*.
+
+If `maildir.synchronize_flags` is true (which is the default), Maildir flags 
+have precedence over the initial tags. Thus an already read mail gets its 
+initial *unread* tag correctly removed.
+
+## The *new* tag approach
+
+Here's another very general and ad-hoc approach to initial message tagging, 
+which sets all new messages to get the *new* tag:

 
     [new]
     tags=new;
 
     [new]
     tags=new;


@@ -27,6 +36,8 @@ following:
     # finally, retag all "new" messages "inbox" and "unread"
     notmuch tag +inbox +unread -new -- tag:new
 
     # finally, retag all "new" messages "inbox" and "unread"
     notmuch tag +inbox +unread -new -- tag:new
 

+Note that the command above will mark a new but already-read mail as unread.
+

 Since the post-processing is only acting on a few messages, it is
 generally extremely fast.
 
 Since the post-processing is only acting on a few messages, it is
 generally extremely fast.
 


@@ -34,7 +45,7 @@ You can use the `post-new` hook, which is automatically run after `notmuch new`,
 to do post-processing. See `man notmuch-hooks` for details on hooks.
 
 
 to do post-processing. See `man notmuch-hooks` for details on hooks.
 
 

-# Other solutions
+## Other solutions

 
 * [Carl Worth's approach to tagging](http://notmuchmail.org/pipermail/notmuch/2010/001691.html). It
   is email id:87r5o8stbj.fsf@yoom.home.cworth.org in the notmuch
 
 * [Carl Worth's approach to tagging](http://notmuchmail.org/pipermail/notmuch/2010/001691.html). It
   is email id:87r5o8stbj.fsf@yoom.home.cworth.org in the notmuch


@@ -63,9 +74,8 @@ to do post-processing. See `man notmuch-hooks` for details on hooks.
   of sent mails) and has some fancy features (e.g. mail classification
   using bayesian filters).
 
   of sent mails) and has some fancy features (e.g. mail classification
   using bayesian filters).
 

-# Notmuch Delivery Agent -- `notmuch-deliver`
+## Notmuch MDA -- `notmuch-insert`

 
 

-The [Notmuch Delivery Agent](http://github.com/alip/notmuch-deliver/)
-([announcement](http://notmuchmail.org/pipermail/notmuch/2010/002871.html)) is
-a tool for delivering emails to maildir, add them to the Notmuch database, and
-tag them as desired.
+The [[notmuch insert command|manpages/notmuch-insert-1]] is a tool for
+delivering emails to maildir, indexing them to the Notmuch database, and tagging
+them as desired.