From: Sebastian Fischmeister Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2016 03:36:32 +0000 (+2000) Subject: Search mail from people with different addresses and incorrectly configured clients X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=5c6f182e75e0bed8335ad9bfee3139b9cc98ce4e;p=notmuch-archives.git Search mail from people with different addresses and incorrectly configured clients --- diff --git a/b8/d14d4184fa3203102351f3734b89258f336d90 b/b8/d14d4184fa3203102351f3734b89258f336d90 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..0aa535f93 --- /dev/null +++ b/b8/d14d4184fa3203102351f3734b89258f336d90 @@ -0,0 +1,85 @@ +Return-Path: +X-Original-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Delivered-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) + by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CBB96DE028C + for ; Fri, 8 Apr 2016 21:14:26 -0700 (PDT) +X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at cworth.org +X-Spam-Flag: NO +X-Spam-Score: -1.959 +X-Spam-Level: +X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.959 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.372, + RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=-0.01, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=-0.01, + SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.01] autolearn=disabled +Received: from arlo.cworth.org ([127.0.0.1]) + by localhost (arlo.cworth.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) + with ESMTP id MOWvucJLkAKC for ; + Fri, 8 Apr 2016 21:14:18 -0700 (PDT) +X-Greylist: delayed 2261 seconds by postgrey-1.35 at arlo; + Fri, 08 Apr 2016 21:14:18 PDT +Received: from mailchk-m06.uwaterloo.ca (mailservices.uwaterloo.ca + [129.97.128.141]) + by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 040CC6DE0173 + for ; Fri, 8 Apr 2016 21:14:17 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from connect.uwaterloo.ca (connhub4.connect.uwaterloo.ca + [129.97.149.122]) + by mailchk-m06.uwaterloo.ca (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id u393aWWj024618 + (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) + for ; Fri, 8 Apr 2016 23:36:33 -0400 +Received: from uwaterloo.ca (172.16.38.244) by connhub4.connect.uwaterloo.ca + (129.97.149.122) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.3.266.1; Fri, 8 Apr + 2016 23:36:32 -0400 +From: Sebastian Fischmeister +To: Notmuch Mail +Subject: Search mail from people with different addresses and incorrectly + configured clients +Reply-To: +X-Homepage: http://esg.uwaterloo.ca +Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2016 23:36:32 -0400 +Message-ID: <871t6fe9mq.fsf@uwaterloo.ca> +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain +X-UUID: 3b07c4dd-5426-4ca4-b080-fd4be11bb05a +X-Miltered: at mailchk-m06 with ID 570878C1.000 by Joe's j-chkmail + (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! +X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.99 at mailchk-m06 +X-Virus-Status: Clean +X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.9 + (mailchk-m06.uwaterloo.ca [129.97.128.141]); + Fri, 08 Apr 2016 23:36:34 -0400 (EDT) +X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 +Precedence: list +List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system." + +List-Unsubscribe: , + +List-Archive: +List-Post: +List-Help: +List-Subscribe: , + +X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2016 04:14:26 -0000 + +Hi, + +Sometimes, people's mail clients are configured incorrectly and do not +show the sender name. Often the same person uses different email +addresses. Sometimes they use different names for their alternate email +addresses. + +When I search for an email originated from a specific person, I want the +search to cover all messages that match the different criteria mentioned +above. + +Has anyone found a good way to use tags to aggregate emails from the +same person? Will it have some disadvantages? It sounds straightforward, +but the management of this would be quite an effort. + +The alternative is to create long search strings that encompass all +email addresses of the person. This has less management effort, but I +would need to somewhere store all email addresses associated with a person. + + Sebastian + +