Hey Pieter, On Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:19:00 +0100, Pieter Praet <pieter at praet.org> wrote: > Nice feature! I won't be using it myself, but I can imagine it being > *very* useful for those who still feel the need to "delete" email :).
Adding a 'deleted' tag does not mean there will be a delete/purge process ;) (currently I got 5k messages with the tag deleted ;). > Nitpicking: > [ ... ] > So I'd like to suggest replacing all occurences of "auto_exclude_tags" > with "search_exclude_tags" (and simply "exclude_tags" in the args to > `_config_get_list' and `_config_set_list', of course). +1 > Unfortunately, this would also partially invalidate your recent NEWS > submission [2]. > > - If the 'search.exclude_tags' option is missing from the config file, > its value is automatically set to "deleted;spam;", which probably isn't > a sane default. Luckily, you've already provided the solution [3]. I am against doing something /unsafe/ in the user's back. If there is no option set intentionnaly by the user, there is nothing notmuch should do -i.e no exclusion - > - To make new users aware of the config option's existence, we should > prompt them to configure it during setup. +1 /Xavier