On Tue, 10 Jan 2012 07:47:23 +0000, David Edmondson <dme@dme.org> wrote: > I honestly don't understand the reason for this. If someone wants to not > see messages that they have tagged as 'deleted', they add 'and not > tag:deleted' to the end of the search expression. Adding "and not tag:deleted" in all of your searches vs. having it done automatically? That a pretty big usability difference to me. The config variable is included so that people can turn the functionality on or off as they see fit. jamie.