On Wed, 09 Jun 2010 13:29:46 -0400, Jameson Rollins <jrollins@finestructure.net> wrote:
> I'm advocating that *only* the "unread" tag ever be automatically
> removed in the emacs UI when doing anything other than explicitly
> removing tags (eg. like just opening a message for viewing, or browsing
> through a thread, etc.).  All other tags should only ever be explicitly
> modified by the user.

Understood. Presumably the automatic tag addition would also remain.

> If users want to have special tag manipulation procedures to match their
> needs, then they can easily build the needed functions and bind them to
> whichever keys they wish.

In general I'd agree. The 'advance-and-archive' case is different,
because it's behaviour is bound up in the logic of the function. It's
not easy to just add that in on top with a simple key binding.

In any case, I don't care enough to argue more. Go for it.

dme.
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David Edmondson, http://dme.org