Return-Path: X-Original-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org Delivered-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E989421196 for ; Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:43:38 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -0.7 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.7 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7] autolearn=disabled Received: from olra.theworths.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (olra.theworths.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id MqBTywq4N0ph for ; Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:43:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail-ww0-f45.google.com (mail-ww0-f45.google.com [74.125.82.45]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1935A421192 for ; Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:43:37 -0800 (PST) Received: by wgbdt12 with SMTP id dt12so2246289wgb.2 for ; Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:43:36 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.180.106.130 with SMTP id gu2mr10919097wib.6.1327297416882; Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:43:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost ([109.131.95.182]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id l12sm4469371wiw.0.2012.01.22.21.43.36 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:43:36 -0800 (PST) From: Pieter Praet To: Austin Clements Subject: [PATCH v3 6/6] NEWS: update "Tag exclusion" section Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:41:45 +0100 Message-Id: <1327297305-10308-1-git-send-email-pieter@praet.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.8.1 In-Reply-To: <20120123044108.GS16740@mit.edu> References: <20120123044108.GS16740@mit.edu> X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnv9il2x8qEBpkBAiY/htyeV49SUK8c9rZ3cPP9VwdjzEUt+BioUlNksQ679MeEJr1/pr58 Cc: Notmuch Mail X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 05:43:38 -0000 --- Added note re new configurations, as suggested by Austin: id:"20120123044108.GS16740@mit.edu" NEWS | 19 +++++++++++++++---- 1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 2c2d9e9..2acdce5 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -13,10 +13,21 @@ Reply to sender Tag exclusion - Tags can be automatically excluded from search results unless they - appear explicitly in a query. By default, notmuch excludes the tags - deleted and spam. This can be changed using the new config setting - search.auto_exclude_tags. + Tags can be automatically excluded from search results by adding them + to the new 'search.exclude_tags' option in the Notmuch config file. + + This behaviour can be overridden by explicitly including an excluded + tag in your query, for example: + + notmuch search $your_query and tag:$excluded_tag + + Existing users will probably want to run "notmuch setup" again to add + the new well-commented [search] section to the configuration file. + + For new configurations, accepting the default setting will cause the + tags "deleted" and "spam" to be excluded, equivalent to running: + + notmuch config set search.exclude_tags deleted spam Emacs Interface --------------- -- 1.7.8.1