From: Eric Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 17:07:20 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Re: Bug?: notmuch-search-show-thread shows several threads; only one containing match... X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=d08970592448273d1f38e6acc53395cf3265bbe4;p=notmuch-archives.git Re: Bug?: notmuch-search-show-thread shows several threads; only one containing matching messages --- diff --git a/5e/0e15bd8bed8f5927c08b53caa6b9fa1ad52b0f b/5e/0e15bd8bed8f5927c08b53caa6b9fa1ad52b0f new file mode 100644 index 000000000..df0a34304 --- /dev/null +++ b/5e/0e15bd8bed8f5927c08b53caa6b9fa1ad52b0f @@ -0,0 +1,115 @@ +Return-Path: +X-Original-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Delivered-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) + by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F825431FC7 + for ; Mon, 27 Jan 2014 09:07:30 -0800 (PST) +X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org +X-Spam-Flag: NO +X-Spam-Score: 0 +X-Spam-Level: +X-Spam-Status: No, score=0 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[none] + autolearn=disabled +Received: from olra.theworths.org ([127.0.0.1]) + by localhost (olra.theworths.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) + with ESMTP id 0ihQBnzjqxPA for ; + Mon, 27 Jan 2014 09:07:22 -0800 (PST) +Received: from earth.solardns.com (earth.solardns.com [94.76.229.85]) + (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) + (No client certificate requested) + by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B1939431FBF + for ; Mon, 27 Jan 2014 09:07:22 -0800 (PST) +Received: from cpc1-finc12-2-0-cust846.4-2.cable.virginm.net + ([82.18.251.79]:47086 helo=teckel.deptj.eu) + by earth.solardns.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:256) + (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1W7peb-0006wl-5Z + for notmuch@notmuchmail.org; Mon, 27 Jan 2014 17:07:21 +0000 +Received: from eric by teckel.deptj.eu with local (Exim 4.71) + (envelope-from ) id 1W7pea-0006EC-IK + for notmuch@notmuchmail.org; Mon, 27 Jan 2014 17:07:20 +0000 +Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 17:07:20 +0000 +Message-Id: +From: Eric +Subject: Re: Bug?: notmuch-search-show-thread shows several threads; + only one containing matching messages +To: notmuch +In-Reply-To: <20140126212604.GC10844@boo.workgroup> +References: <8762fzry7k.fsf@servo.finestructure.net> + <20120126124450.GB30209@shi.workgroup> <87mx9avbc1.fsf@praet.org> + <20120129234213.GB11460@shi.workgroup> <87zkd5655g.fsf@praet.org> + <20120130190425.GB13521@shi.workgroup> <878vkoev95.fsf@qmul.ac.uk> + <20120130223416.GA26239@shi.workgroup> + <874nvcekjk.fsf@qmul.ac.uk> <87lhy5pko1.fsf@zancas.localnet> + <20140126212604.GC10844@boo.workgroup> +X--MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information +X--MailScanner-ID: 1W7peb-0006wl-5Z +X--MailScanner: Not scanned: please contact your Internet E-Mail Service + Provider for details +X--MailScanner-SpamCheck: +X--MailScanner-From: eric@deptj.eu +X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, + please include it with any abuse report +X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - earth.solardns.com +X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - notmuchmail.org +X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] +X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - deptj.eu +X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: earth.solardns.com: authenticated_id: deptjeu/from_h +X-Source: +X-Source-Args: +X-Source-Dir: +X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 +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: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 17:07:30 -0000 + +On Sun, 26 Jan 2014 22:26:04 +0100, Gregor Zattler wrote: +> Hi David, +> * David Bremner [24. Jan. 2014]: +> > Mark Walters writes: +> >> I have looked at this and I think this is not notmuch's fault: I think +> >> it is a mua doing strange things: +> >> +> >> One of the mails has an in-reply-to header which looks like +> >> +> >> In-reply-to: Message from Carsten Dominik of "Tue, 15 Mar 2011 12:18:51 BST." <17242340-A14F-495A-B144-20C96D52B620@gmail.com> +> >> +> >> and I think notmuch is taking the carsten.dominik@gmail.com as message +> >> id. +> >> +> > +> > Can someone test if this is fixed by cf8aaafbad68 (i.e. does the problem +> > persist in git master or 0.17)? +> +> The problem is *not* fixed. + +I've never been happy with notmuch's threading, always seem to get too +many threads, so I tend to do + +notmuch show --format=mbox \ + $(notmuch search --output=threads -- whatever) | mhonarc -tlevels 15 - + +to work out which threads I want (I am not an emacs user!). + +mhonarc, as far as I know, uses something like the jwz algorithm ( +http://http://www.jwz.org/doc/threading.html), the use of which would +solve my problem but possibly not Gregor's. If that is indeed caused by +the header referred to above and there is some email client which does +that, it would need special handling in jwz and probably in any +algorithm, but the maintainers of the mail client should also be told to +fix it! (RFC2822) + +Digression I know, but I just wanted to flag the need for more work in +general on threading in notmuch. + +Eric +-- +ms fnd in a lbry