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authorDirk-Jan C. Binnema <djcb@djcbsoftware.nl>2024-03-07 22:56:10 +0200
committerDirk-Jan C. Binnema <djcb@djcbsoftware.nl>2024-03-07 22:56:10 +0200
commit0b68afe9aaf2885978af9c1912dc03265b60ad84 (patch)
treea0c4e71c8e27ec46536e0dd51ccfec7b0f8f743b /man
parent06134d3909c82c4664c62df3e4343a986a62eb6b (diff)
mu-index.1: add note about encryption
mu index does not decrypt. Fixes #2660.
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@@ -82,6 +82,13 @@ disable the database cleanup that *mu* does by default after indexing.
#+include: "common-options.inc" :minlevel 1
+* ENCRYPTION
+
+*mu index* does _not_ decrypt messages, and only the metadata (such as headers) of
+encrypted messages makes it to the database. *mu view* and *mu4e* can decrypt
+messages, but those work with the message directly and the information is not
+added to the database.
+
* PERFORMANCE
** indexing in ancient times (2009?)