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### 33.9 Rmail Attributes

Some labels such as ‘`deleted`’ and ‘`filed`’ have built-in meanings, and Rmail assigns them to messages automatically at appropriate times; these labels are called attributes. Here is a list of Rmail attributes:

‘`unseen`’

  Means the message has never been current. Assigned to messages when they come from an inbox file, and removed when a message is made current. When you start Rmail, it initially shows the first message that has this attribute.

‘`deleted`’

  Means the message is deleted. Assigned by deletion commands and removed by undeletion commands (see Rmail Deletion).

‘`filed`’

  Means the message has been copied to some other file. Assigned by the `o` and `C-o` file output commands (see Rmail Output).

‘`answered`’

  Means you have mailed an answer to the message. Assigned by the `r` command (`rmail-reply`). See Rmail Reply.

‘`forwarded`’

  Means you have forwarded the message. Assigned by the `f` command (`rmail-forward`). See Rmail Reply.

‘`edited`’

  Means you have edited the text of the message within Rmail. See Rmail Editing.

‘`resent`’

  Means you have resent the message. Assigned by the command `M-x rmail-resend`. See Rmail Reply.

‘`retried`’

  Means you have retried a failed outgoing message. Assigned by the command `M-x rmail-retry-failure`. See Rmail Reply.

All other labels are assigned or removed only by users, and have no standard meaning.