What to mark for (Mu4e 1.12.13 user manual)

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8.2 What to mark for ¶

mu4e supports a number of marks:

mark for/as  | keybinding  | description
-------------+-------------+------------------------------
delete       | D, <delete> | delete
move         | m           | move to some maildir
refile       | r           | mark for refiling
-------------+-------------+------------------------------
flag         | +           | mark as 'flagged' ('starred')
unflag       | -           | remove 'flagged' mark
read         | !           | mark as read
unread       | ?           | marks as unread
trash        | d           | move to the trash folder
untrash      | =           | remove 'trash' flag
-------------+-------------+------------------------------
label        | l           | change the labels
unlabel      | L           | clear all labels
action       | a           | apply some action
'something'  | *, <insert> | mark now, decide later
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unmark       | u           | remove mark at point
unmark all   | U           | remove all marks
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delete deletes the message from database and file-system
move moves the message to some different maildir
refile is similar move, but determines the target maildir based on the characteristics of the message; this is very powerful. See mu4e-refile-folder and especially See Smart refiling for details.
flag/unflag, read/unread and trash/untrash set or unset the corresponding Maildir flags
label lets you enter a label delta expression which gets applied; see below
unlabel lets you clear all labels; see below
action lets you apply some pre-defined action on the message, as per mu4e-headers-actions
’something’ marks the message for “something”, and then decide later what this something should be; see below
unmark and unmark all are “meta” marks, which remove the mark from the currently selected message(s) or all