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+From: David Bremner <david@tethera.net>\r
+To: Peter Wang <novalazy@gmail.com>, notmuch@notmuchmail.org\r
+Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 04/12] man: document 'insert' command\r
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+Peter Wang <novalazy@gmail.com> writes:\r
+> +\r
+> +.B notmuch insert\r
+> +reads a message from standard input\r
+> +and delivers it to the specified maildir folder,\r
+> +then incorporates the message into the notmuch database.\r
+> +It is an alternative to using a separate tool to deliver\r
+> +the message then running\r
+> +.B notmuch new\r
+> +afterwards.\r
+> +\r
+\r
+I think this should document how the maildir is selected. I agree it\r
+isn't that surprising, but the language "specified maildir folder" makes\r
+me think it is somehow specified as part of the command invocation.\r