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+Subject: Re: Understanding the "replied" tag\r
+From: Xu Wang <xuwang762@gmail.com>\r
+To: Jani Nikula <jani@nikula.org>\r
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+On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 2:25 PM, Jani Nikula <jani@nikula.org> wrote:\r
+> On Thu, 11 Jun 2015, Xu Wang <xuwang762@gmail.com> wrote:\r
+>> Dear all,\r
+>>\r
+>> First, I am extremely excited to be a part of this list now. notmuch\r
+>> has really helped me. Thank you go all individuals working to improve\r
+>> it and to help others to know how to use it.\r
+>>\r
+>> I would really like to know if a message has been replied to (e.g.\r
+>> using a certain message id). It seems that all I need to do is check\r
+>> for the "replied" tag. But often this tag is not there, even when\r
+>> there has been a reply (I have confirmed this through the thread\r
+>> display and checking the message that replied to the message to make\r
+>> sure it indeed has header "replied-to:<MSG-ID>").\r
+>>\r
+>> I have looked in mutt, and also I see many situations where there is\r
+>> no 'r' flag, especially for emails sent from me.\r
+>>\r
+>> The following returns true:\r
+>> notmuch config get maildir.synchronize_flags\r
+>>\r
+>> So at least both are giving same answer, but I'm not sure why not\r
+>> saying "replied" thread is correct.\r
+>>\r
+>> What is incorrect for my way of thinking about "replied"? Do I\r
+>> misunderstand what it is supposed to do or am I not updating the flags\r
+>> correctly?\r
+>\r
+> Notmuch deals with the "replied" tag in two ways.\r
+>\r
+> First, the tag is synchronized with the maildir flag R, both ways. This\r
+> is the "R" in the filename after ":2,". See [1] for details.\r
+>\r
+> Second, the notmuch-emacs interface adds the "replied" tag upon sending\r
+> the reply. You can customize this tag, but note that only "replied" gets\r
+> synchronized to maildir flags.\r
+>\r
+> If you use a MUA that doesn't either add the R flag or call notmuch to\r
+> add the "replied" tag, you'll lose this bit of information.\r
+>\r
+> You might also find [2] relevant.\r
+>\r
+> BR,\r
+> Jani.\r
+>\r
+>\r
+> [1] http://cr.yp.to/proto/maildir.html\r
+> [2] http://notmuchmail.org/special-tags/\r
+\r
+Thank you so much, Jani. This is very informative to me. I think I\r
+have a good understanding now of what is going on.\r
+\r
+My question then is this:\r
+\r
+I trust notmuch more than mutt, because notmuch is aware of threads\r
+and all mail boxes. Also note that I often use gmail web interface to\r
+reply emails.\r
+\r
+Am I correct in the following: if notmuch wanted to, when I run\r
+"notmuch new", notmuch has the information that it could\r
+(theoretically) update and correct all of the "replied" tags. Is that\r
+correct? If so, my next question is: why doesn't it do that?\r
+\r
+I think I'm close to getting notmuch intution on its goals.\r
+\r
+Kind regards,\r
+\r
+Xu\r
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