From: Felipe Contreras Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2013 13:08:14 +0000 (+1800) Subject: Getting the right root mail of the thread X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f330e60e4e4f2e457f53552fc2cbb1fec682105d;p=notmuch-archives.git Getting the right root mail of the thread --- diff --git a/91/5d33444836c9874b750b2a5409fadb51a84489 b/91/5d33444836c9874b750b2a5409fadb51a84489 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..ca663c8a4 --- /dev/null +++ b/91/5d33444836c9874b750b2a5409fadb51a84489 @@ -0,0 +1,99 @@ +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 E7BA8431FAF + for ; Sat, 2 Nov 2013 06:25:35 -0700 (PDT) +X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org +X-Spam-Flag: NO +X-Spam-Score: -0.799 +X-Spam-Level: +X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.799 tagged_above=-999 required=5 + tests=[DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, + FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7] 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 K4HUy+sdW2dz for ; + Sat, 2 Nov 2013 06:25:30 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from mail-ob0-f174.google.com (mail-ob0-f174.google.com + [209.85.214.174]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) + (No client certificate requested) + by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 38257431FC3 + for ; Sat, 2 Nov 2013 06:25:30 -0700 (PDT) +Received: by mail-ob0-f174.google.com with SMTP id vb8so5622559obc.33 + for ; Sat, 02 Nov 2013 06:25:29 -0700 (PDT) +DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; + h=date:from:to:cc:message-id:subject:mime-version:content-type + :content-transfer-encoding; + bh=PDy/Q7x/ERxiHqh2jiQkzOuLBMsuv1oW1KlMkQqKsUA=; + b=00lT7i1bgO92U8gTOtkUpRU9QoA5Or7/ER/gtUod2W8IK7UVeRtVQYijDv9lfDPdme + RK4Q7F88ej7GaNZdQ/ZNLLVx7jfpRpUuuZdKja0h1OKsq9btMrb6yPw1KaYILTyTuTF8 + nwF5ERd3M+dKNKEFTeYGTc163h5RjFGEVWQtYvdaI9kl0UPRFuaOcKHp3wENhPV4huOE + T+E0k3dE2DdO+RVJHHhvSUi2oAztTu238O8aXPC5iBcAW4KXq7JSjvMlw3ybwhdvHDfU + eqVoap8lcLDyuETWLj/MkWrZL1kUt72p1U+OzrQmeuyu5CpO0OetOGOeNyYk2DQxCFA2 + 8G4Q== +X-Received: by 10.60.116.230 with SMTP id jz6mr6498125oeb.21.1383398729501; + Sat, 02 Nov 2013 06:25:29 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from localhost (187-162-140-241.static.axtel.net. [187.162.140.241]) + by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id + tz10sm10494016obc.10.2013.11.02.06.25.27 + for + (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); + Sat, 02 Nov 2013 06:25:28 -0700 (PDT) +Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2013 07:08:14 -0600 +From: Felipe Contreras +To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Cc: +Message-Id: <5274f93e254b5_6de7f51e7849@nysa.notmuch> +Subject: Getting the right root mail of the thread +Mime-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 +Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit +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: Sat, 02 Nov 2013 13:25:39 -0000 + +Hi, + +I often wondered why when browsing threads, I often see a message that doesn't +describe at all the thread, for example: + + notmuch search ... + thread:000000000000826a 18 mins. ago [45/45] Felipe Contreras; [PATCH/TEST 44/44] + +I can reverse the order of the search: + + notmuch search --sort=oldest-first + thread:000000000000826a 23 mins. ago [45/45] Felipe Contreras; [PATCH/TEST 00/44] + +Then I get the correct summary, but now the order of the search is the other +way around, and there doesn't seem to be a way to specify the order of the +messages independently of the order of the threads. + +Either way this doesn't make any sense to me. Each thread has a single origin +mail, why would anybody would like to show a message other than that while +displaying the summary of the tread? Even more, why isn't there an option to +fetch that information easily? + +I am forced to get the list of messages, and then grab the first one, even +though it's not efficient, probably unnecessary, and potentiall wrong. For +example, it's possible that multiple mails arrived at the same time, then how +am I supposed to display the one that originated the thread? + +I think there should be a way to get the root mail of a thread, irrespective of +the search order. + +Cheers. + +-- +Felipe Contreras