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+From: David Bremner <david@tethera.net>\r
+To: Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net>,\r
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+Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 7/7] complete\r
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+Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net> writes:\r
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+> I don't think this reasoning is sensible. If the entire thread is\r
+> deleted, and a new message comes in, it should *not* get the same mesage\r
+> ID. ghosts should only exist in the database when other messages point\r
+> to them.\r
+>\r
+> So i'd be fine with killing this entire last test, unless someone can\r
+> propose a good reason to keep it.\r
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+I think I buy your reasoning, but I'd be happy if Austin (who introduced\r
+ghost messages, and wrote that test, could comment.\r
+\r
+d\r