From 0b68afe9aaf2885978af9c1912dc03265b60ad84 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Dirk-Jan C. Binnema" Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2024 22:56:10 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] mu-index.1: add note about encryption mu index does not decrypt. Fixes #2660. --- man/mu-index.1.org | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/man/mu-index.1.org b/man/mu-index.1.org index 44cbfd57..adb6fc40 100644 --- a/man/mu-index.1.org +++ b/man/mu-index.1.org @@ -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?)