From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D0316DE0FD2 for ; Thu, 9 Nov 2017 01:56:07 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at cworth.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -0.311 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.311 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=-0.211, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=disabled Received: from arlo.cworth.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (arlo.cworth.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id D8eMtn77IBSL for ; Thu, 9 Nov 2017 01:56:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail-pf0-f181.google.com (mail-pf0-f181.google.com [209.85.192.181]) by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C58316DE0FB6 for ; Thu, 9 Nov 2017 01:56:06 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail-pf0-f181.google.com with SMTP id d28so3909644pfe.2 for ; Thu, 09 Nov 2017 01:56:06 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:mime-version; bh=E0q1IkoUUR7EmuGidVHxHUM3yA0C5ymcRXHlrUdHW0g=; b=uMXY0THuKFGX9WB27dFeYcsDNOGFkytwxM+KrIBly6fp+abYI9/8UeGj3pDcHJ+Tjk jwiQSyUt+xEqy/RPNrq0zKSoj47EN0IrWpH2ulJ6+i4PjFqS+828SjVzN3uR5OVzek4V GQ6ERStOuB8v7jQKA0J4ODnmkzeAQAUzm2g58Zx9IUB9D0aag3cOIlfGBZqTKQeAzzi8 PftIU97VrbLMvWMOv0TxPWufMEWS1b4ZfGCulsAg/sHDWy3uZIQTJhiyw2XioHjjmik4 d3YeBpiG5RY8qTrR5ENZzQuMjYPT1chaByIMqVWxdvelIC5IxdY9946Le0AU7R7KFiGF ucSg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:mime-version; bh=E0q1IkoUUR7EmuGidVHxHUM3yA0C5ymcRXHlrUdHW0g=; b=ORerygZ/Fkli1OAewGjSzyfHGj0W2jSrcuPQ4pyrRNV6w4zi1gUKLohcRh7P3I9YK/ D0U066j9DUCWuOKogDADc/NM3DP9WFNMAIdKQA9jLutiGgoF1qh0+3Lh3Acj2/wkESB8 s8fYJukrcKyKkvHaT8wtfMTAYXWmj2vHbEYoEiQMjVjvGmVTStQPwGxqQl0zQ1zspeJf isX3akRUDBRQEhJAkyD36Zz6FHJ/m6g9+04f+HKJzEGZYkmywjbNIVFlo7KfQR6gVuWk wrxYDS6r1VKdxMszNFT+yByhue+0EB4FU2lHyU6sVklWztS8PzGYD0nGjU8Yfjw+TvPq g6Fg== X-Gm-Message-State: AJaThX5nZ97E4a+PBgmkcqxkDQr5hR6NoClUgJryimcFSUFxK26ibA6O j7gLFk0xtk9RDCo9sLeOzkHFriiZ X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABhQp+R9kTPHCg4FL0l8fXl/jEuBll20JW2eYA8OJ0L12iM6PskTcVpNntjP+ke2T0BG8UceBslydg== X-Received: by 10.98.64.6 with SMTP id n6mr3564491pfa.129.1510221365840; Thu, 09 Nov 2017 01:56:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from k0 ([2601:646:8a00:e8a0:e23f:49ff:fe84:6f13]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id b6sm10191452pgc.2.2017.11.09.01.56.04 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Thu, 09 Nov 2017 01:56:05 -0800 (PST) From: Linus Arver To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org Cc: Subject: what is the concept of archiving? Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2017 01:56:23 -0800 Message-ID: <87tvy393nc.fsf@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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: Thu, 09 Nov 2017 09:56:07 -0000 Hello, I am curious about the following interactive functions --- they all deal with archiving messages: notmuch-tree-archive-thread notmuch-show-archive-thread notmuch-show-archive-message notmuch-tree-archive-message notmuch-search-archive-thread notmuch-show-advance-and-archive notmuch-show-stash-mlarchive-link notmuch-show-archive-thread-then-next notmuch-show-archive-thread-then-exit notmuch-tree-archive-message-then-next notmuch-show-stash-mlarchive-link-and-go notmuch-show-archive-message-then-next-or-exit notmuch-show-archive-message-then-next-or-next-thread Unfortunately, I cannot find enough information online about what any of these functions do, or what the concept of "archiving" means. From reading some of the sources in notmuch-tree.el I found out that archiving a message results in "applying the tag changes in `notmuch-archive-tags' to it" but I am not sure what this means. I found out that the key bindings are in that same file, which assigns "a" to notmuch-tree-archive-message-then-next; when I press "a" in my inbox view (all messages tagged "inbox"), it appears to just remove the "inbox" tag. I have some questions: (1) What is the point of archiving (what problem does it solve)? (2) Do any other things happen to such archived messages, apart from the tag being removed? (3) How do I un-archive these messages, if I press the "a" key by accident? Thanks, Linus