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# Tags special to notmuch
This page describes the tags that the notmuch lib, cli, and emacs ui recognize
- passed
- replied
- unread
- - deleted (*)
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The above tags are recognized by the lib, and synchronized with the
corresponding maildir flags through the following lib function calls:
option is enabled. Maildir flags are synchronized to tags in "notmuch new", and
tags are synchronized to maildir flags in "notmuch tag" and "notmuch restore".
-(*) The "deleted" tag is not synced to maildir T flag at the moment, but it may
-be in the future.
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### Automatic tags
- attachment
- unread
- inbox
- - new (*)
These are the tags assigned to new message by default. The tags can be changed
using the new.tags configuration option.
-(*) The "new" tag is by no means special or default, but it is documented here
-as the typically used intermediate tag to use between "notmuch tag" and a
-post-new tagging script. See [[Initial_Tagging]].
-
### Default excluded tags
- deleted
- replied
- flagged
- - deleted (*)
The tag(s) specified by `notmuch-message-replied-tags` ("replied" by default)
are added to messages that are replied to, and "flagged" messages are
highlighted through `notmuch-search-line-faces` by default.
-(*) There are patches to tag, untag, and hide "deleted" tagged messages, but
-they have not been merged at the time of writing this.