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Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/database.cc | 10 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/database.cc b/lib/database.cc index eaf52667..5b677d42 100644 --- a/lib/database.cc +++ b/lib/database.cc @@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ typedef struct { * Mail document * ------------- * A mail document is associated with a particular email message file - * on disk. It is indexed with the following prefixed terms: + * on disk. It is indexed with the following prefixed terms which the + * database uses to construct threads, etc.: * * Single terms of given prefix: * @@ -53,6 +54,8 @@ typedef struct { * * thread: The ID of the thread to which the mail belongs * + * replyto: The ID from the In-Reply-To header of the mail (if any). + * * Multiple terms of given prefix: * * reference: All message IDs from In-Reply-To and Re ferences @@ -67,6 +70,11 @@ typedef struct { * * MESSAGE_ID: The unique ID of the mail mess (see "id" above) * + * In addition, terms from the content of the message are added with + * "from", "to", "attachment", and "subject" prefixes for use by the + * user in searching. But the database doesn't really care itself + * about any of these. + * * Timestamp document * ------------------ * A timestamp document is used by a client of the notmuch library to |