From: Vivien Didelot Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2015 22:00:43 +0000 (-0500) Subject: initial_tagging: document tagging of read mails X-Git-Url: https://git.cworth.org/git?p=notmuch-wiki;a=commitdiff_plain;h=136588a997d176f26c58007e42a82ee9b1d7257e initial_tagging: document tagging of read mails Document the default initial tags, and the behavior when sync already read mails with synchronize_flags=true. In the meantime, add a title for the *new* tag approach. # Please enter the commit message for your changes. Lines starting # with '#' will be kept; you may remove them yourself if you want to. # An empty message aborts the commit. # On branch master # Your branch is up-to-date with 'origin/master'. # # Changes to be committed: # modified: initial_tagging.mdwn # --- diff --git a/initial_tagging.mdwn b/initial_tagging.mdwn index c7bed03..327fdad 100644 --- a/initial_tagging.mdwn +++ b/initial_tagging.mdwn @@ -4,9 +4,17 @@ 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 -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; @@ -28,6 +36,8 @@ following: # 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.