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@@ -655,11 +655,16 @@ Two things any replacement has to get right, both learned the hard way: ### Per-account sync -When tag changes are outstanding, a sync passes only the affected accounts' -channel names to the command. When nothing is outstanding the run is a plain -fetch and no names are passed, so every account is synced: narrowing a fetch to -wherever the last edit happened to be would quietly stop collecting mail -everywhere else. +A sync covers the account selected in the dropdown, plus any account with +outstanding tag changes. With **All accounts** selected and nothing +outstanding, no names are passed and the run is a plain fetch over everything: +narrowing a fetch to wherever the last edit happened to be would quietly stop +collecting mail everywhere else. + +The two are a union rather than a choice, so an edit is never left behind by +looking somewhere else. Editing mail in `personal` and then switching the +dropdown to `work` syncs both: `work` because it is on screen, `personal` +because it owes a write. The status line names what a run covers as it starts. The name passed is the **mbsync channel**, which is not always the account's section key. `[account.mail-first.last]` may well be the channel |