[PATCH 10/18] cli/show, reply: document use of stashed session keys in notmuch-properties

Subject: [PATCH 10/18] cli/show, reply: document use of stashed session keys in notmuch-properties

Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 02:51:55 -0400

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From: Daniel Kahn Gillmor


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".
---
 doc/man7/notmuch-properties.rst | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/man7/notmuch-properties.rst b/doc/man7/notmuch-properties.rst
index 31d7a104..e2ab43be 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
-- 
2.14.2

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