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| author | Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net> | 2017-12-08 01:23:56 -0500 |
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| committer | David Bremner <david@tethera.net> | 2017-12-08 08:08:46 -0400 |
| commit | f845fb2a51f87dfa60388d65ac481ba21556bb78 (patch) | |
| tree | 806e11ce94b792fb370f01695beeb9daba8613b9 /doc | |
| parent | a1260896f6b2beb82f46c41663f00cb42a4c5ce7 (diff) | |
cli/show, reply: document use of stashed session keys in notmuch-properties
The stashed session keys are stored internally as notmuch properties.
So a user or developer who is reading about those properties might
want to understand how they fit into the bigger picture.
Note here that decrypting with a stored session key no longer needs
-decrypt for "notmuch show" and "notmuch reply".
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/man7/notmuch-properties.rst | 9 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/man7/notmuch-properties.rst b/doc/man7/notmuch-properties.rst index 05444f6c..1a3f690e 100644 --- a/doc/man7/notmuch-properties.rst +++ b/doc/man7/notmuch-properties.rst @@ -77,9 +77,12 @@ of its normal activity. **session-key** When **notmuch-show(1)** or **nomtuch-reply** encounters a message - with an encrypted part and ``--decrypt`` is set, if notmuch finds a - ``session-key`` property associated with the message, it will try - that stashed session key for decryption. + with an encrypted part, if notmuch finds a ``session-key`` + property associated with the message, it will try that stashed + session key for decryption. + + If you do not want to use any stashed session keys that might be + present, you should pass those programs ``--decrypt=false``. Using a stashed session key with "notmuch show" will speed up rendering of long encrypted threads. It also allows the user to |
