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From: David Bremner <david@tethera.net>
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Subject: Re: search query "replytoid:<blah>"
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Xu Wang <xuwang762@gmail.com> writes:

> Dear all,
>
> Is it possible to search based on which message ID a message
> *responds* to? For example, suppose message id is MESSAGEID. I want to
> find all emails that responded to MESSAGEID. How to enter such a query
> into notmuch?

Threads aren't exactly the concept you ask for, because the include the
messages before the message-id in question as well. Nonetheless, maybe
the following helps:


% notmuch show $(notmuch search --output=threads $MESAGEID)

or

% notmuch search --output=messages $(notmuch search --output=threads $MESAGEID)