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+Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 01:39:20 -0700 (PDT)\r
+From: ingo <mail1@2b1.de>\r
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+Subject: Re: notmuch search --output=files error with AND NOT search terms\r
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+Hi Suvayu, \r
+\r
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+Suvayu Ali wrote\r
+> Hi Ingo,\r
+> \r
+> On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 04:55:13AM -0700, ingo wrote:\r
+>> Mark Walters wrote\r
+>> > \r
+>> > The most likely cause is that these two messagefiles have the same\r
+>> > message-ids (so in notmuch's view are the same message). Try\r
+>> > \r
+>> > notmuch search --output=messages folder:1_Personal AND NOT\r
+>> tag:1_Personal\r
+>> > \r
+>> > If you only see one message-id then notmuch thinks there is a single\r
+>> > message\r
+>> > that matches the search. The way notmuch works is that it first finds\r
+>> > which messages match and then prints the requested information for\r
+>> those\r
+>> > messages. So in this case it finds the matching message(s) then prints\r
+>> > all filenames for those matching messages.\r
+>> \r
+>> Hi Mark,\r
+>> \r
+>> thank you for your answer, actually I only get one single message id, the\r
+>> one I get without using --output=files.\r
+>> \r
+>> notmuch search --output=messages folder:1_Personal AND NOT\r
+>> tag:1_Personal \r
+>> id:\r
+\r
+> f76b9be792c46795945e1486ccb2b2ab@.kikidan\r
+\r
+> \r
+> Doesn't that confirm Mark's explanation? Notmuch sees multiple files\r
+> associated to the same message (identified by the message id).\r
+\r
+Yes, you are right, don't know where I had my head when answering. \r
+\r
+And both mails have the same message-id in the message header. \r
+\r
+Still, only one of both files really should be found with this search, so\r
+why is the out put different?\r
+\r
+\r
+Kind regards,\r
+\r
+Ingo \r
+\r
+\r
+\r
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