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@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ name = Your Name address = you@example.org maildir = work-mail ; relative to notmuch's database.path drafts = Drafts ; recorded for v2; unused today +sent = Sent ; optional; enables the Sent button for this account label = W ; optional chip text; defaults to the key color = #2f6fa8 ; optional chip colour; generated when unset channel = work ; optional mbsync channel; defaults to the key @@ -203,6 +204,44 @@ The button text is the key you write here, so these names are yours to choose. `Important = tag:flagged` and `Flagged = tag:flagged` run the same query and differ only in what the button says. +### Sent mail + +A **Sent** button appears beside the saved queries once at least one account +carries a `sent` key naming its sent folder, relative to that account's +`maildir`: + +```ini +[account.work] +maildir = work-mail +sent = Sent + +[account.webmail] +maildir = webmail +sent = [Provider]/Posta inviata ; nested and localised folders are fine + +[account.list-only] +maildir = list-only +; no sent key: this account is simply left out of the Sent view +``` + +The button composes its query from those keys every time you press it, rather +than storing one, so adding an account or correcting a folder name is a config +edit and nothing else. With no account selected it shows every configured +account's sent mail; selecting one narrows it to that account. An account +without the key is omitted silently, since keeping no sent mail locally is a +legitimate setup rather than a mistake. + +Sent mail is presented differently from the rest, because it reads differently: + +- **A flat list, not threads.** A message you sent otherwise drags in the + replies you received, and a view labelled Sent then shows conversations. +- **Cards name the recipients**, not the sender, which is you on every row. +- **Selecting one opens what you sent**, rather than the whole conversation it + started. + +This applies only to the Sent button. The same query typed into the bar by hand +behaves like any other query, threads and all. + ## The query bar The bar at the top takes a notmuch query and shows the matching threads. |