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Subject: Re: forwarding multiple messages from notmuch emacs
From: Jeremy Nickurak <not-much@trk.nickurak.ca>
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Adam


On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 10:33 AM, Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net
> wrote:

> hi notmuch folks--
>
> i'd like to be able to forward several messages from a given thread (up
> to and including the whole thread) to someone else.  I use
> notmuch-emacs.
>
> I don't think it's possible to do this at the moment;
> notmuch-show-forward-message just forwards the message where the point
> is located, even if the current region covers more than one message.
>
> I'd be happy to have a notmuch-show-forward-thread or
> notmuch-show-forward-all-expanded-messages or
> notmuch-show-forward-messages-from-region capability, but my elisp-fu is
> weak.  I'd be happy to test if someone wanted to send me a patch though
> :)
>
> Background: one of the reasons that people often give for the terrible
> e-mail practice of top-posting-with-all-previous-messages-trailing is
> that they want to be able to send a message to someone else and have
> them be able to see the whole thread (never mind that these kind of
> reverse-chronological forwarded messages are difficult to read).  I'd
> like to be able to respond to those claims with something like
> "reasonable MUAs should let you easily forward all messages in a thread
> if you want to catch someone up."
>
> I consider notmuch-emacs a reasonable MUA :)
>
> thanks everyone for notmuch,
>
>         --dkg
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Adam</div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D=
"gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 10:33 AM, Daniel Kahn Gillmor <span d=
ir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:dkg@fifthhorseman.net" target=3D"_blank">d=
kg@fifthhorseman.net</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">hi notmuch folks--<br>
<br>
i&#39;d like to be able to forward several messages from a given thread (up=
<br>
to and including the whole thread) to someone else. =C2=A0I use<br>
notmuch-emacs.<br>
<br>
I don&#39;t think it&#39;s possible to do this at the moment;<br>
notmuch-show-forward-message just forwards the message where the point<br>
is located, even if the current region covers more than one message.<br>
<br>
I&#39;d be happy to have a notmuch-show-forward-thread or<br>
notmuch-show-forward-all-expanded-messages or<br>
notmuch-show-forward-messages-from-region capability, but my elisp-fu is<br=
>
weak. =C2=A0I&#39;d be happy to test if someone wanted to send me a patch t=
hough<br>
:)<br>
<br>
Background: one of the reasons that people often give for the terrible<br>
e-mail practice of top-posting-with-all-previous-messages-trailing is<br>
that they want to be able to send a message to someone else and have<br>
them be able to see the whole thread (never mind that these kind of<br>
reverse-chronological forwarded messages are difficult to read). =C2=A0I=
9;d<br>
like to be able to respond to those claims with something like<br>
&quot;reasonable MUAs should let you easily forward all messages in a threa=
d<br>
if you want to catch someone up.&quot;<br>
<br>
I consider notmuch-emacs a reasonable MUA :)<br>
<br>
thanks everyone for notmuch,<br>
<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 --dkg<br>
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