From: Carl Worth <cworth@cworth.org>
To: Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
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Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:26:57 +0100
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Subject: Re: [notmuch] [PATCH 2/2] notmuch list: A new command to produce
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On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:59:13 -0700, Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> wrote:
> I've been pondering approaches to prioritizing the pool of unread
> messages.  Most of my thinking so far is along the lines of the ability
> to automatically apply tags to new messages on various criteria combined
> with the ability to manipulate the order in which tags are presented in
> a view like what you're describing.

Yes. There's definitely a lot of room for experimenting here to figure
out how to make things work.

> For better or worse, with about 45k messages hitting my inbox per year
> *after* most of the list traffic gets peeled off and fed to a private
> NNTP server, it's not about reading all of my email any more... it's
> about finding and reading the stuff that actually matters *to me*.

I totally understand that, (even if I've got an order of magnitude less
of non-list mail coming to me). And I hope we can figure out how to support
that mode well.
 
> Can't tell you how excited I am about what's happening here!

Thanks so much. And it's a pleasure to have you as part of the community
here. I'll look forward to your input.

-Carl