From a003908fc7cd71878db4c6e90e2161c2d5dfbfba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Mazieres Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2016 06:56:12 +1700 Subject: [PATCH] Re: Breaking a really long thread --- 0d/d5fb8ec6d47fee0ebb938e65560805a861eb20 | 86 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 86 insertions(+) create mode 100644 0d/d5fb8ec6d47fee0ebb938e65560805a861eb20 diff --git a/0d/d5fb8ec6d47fee0ebb938e65560805a861eb20 b/0d/d5fb8ec6d47fee0ebb938e65560805a861eb20 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..3d4865513 --- /dev/null +++ b/0d/d5fb8ec6d47fee0ebb938e65560805a861eb20 @@ -0,0 +1,86 @@ +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 435C66DE02C2 + for ; Sat, 2 Apr 2016 06:56:23 -0700 (PDT) +X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at cworth.org +X-Spam-Flag: NO +X-Spam-Score: -2.054 +X-Spam-Level: +X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.054 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.257, + RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, 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 vhWPvURGxGZI for ; + Sat, 2 Apr 2016 06:56:15 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from market.scs.stanford.edu (market.scs.stanford.edu [171.66.3.10]) + by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DE14F6DE00DF + for ; Sat, 2 Apr 2016 06:56:14 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from market.scs.stanford.edu (localhost.scs.stanford.edu + [127.0.0.1]) by market.scs.stanford.edu (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id + u32DuDXE027197; Sat, 2 Apr 2016 06:56:13 -0700 (PDT) +Received: (from dm@localhost) + by market.scs.stanford.edu (8.14.7/8.14.7/Submit) id u32DuDmB025809; + Sat, 2 Apr 2016 06:56:13 -0700 (PDT) +X-Authentication-Warning: market.scs.stanford.edu: dm set sender to + return-fb4rmitufn96rjryaesyt9p6c2@ta.scs.stanford.edu using -f +From: David Mazieres +To: David Bremner , notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Subject: Re: Breaking a really long thread +In-Reply-To: <87a8lci3ob.fsf@zancas.localnet> +References: <1459015043-8460-1-git-send-email-david@tethera.net> + <87twjkopb8.fsf@ta.scs.stanford.edu> <87a8lci3ob.fsf@zancas.localnet> +Reply-To: David Mazieres expires 2016-07-01 PDT + +Date: Sat, 02 Apr 2016 06:56:12 -0700 +Message-ID: <874mbkyv0j.fsf@ta.scs.stanford.edu> +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain +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, 02 Apr 2016 13:56:23 -0000 + +David Bremner writes: + +> David Mazieres writes: +> +>> Is there any way to break an existing thread (so as to start over with a +>> smaller thread), or otherwise to tweak the threading rules so that a +>> particular References header gets ignored. +> +> Currently there is no way to do this, as threads are "stateless" +> i.e. created on the fly by _notmuch_create_thread based only on +> immutable mail data. + +Thanks. + +>> It's annoyingly slow to open +>> a thread with 10,000 messages just to read one SMS. I'm almost tempted +>> to mangle the messages on delivery and remove the References header +>> before notmuch sees them, but it would be nice to have a cleaner +>> solution, as there are other situations in which one might want to +>> "reset" a really long thread. +> +> Like this thread ;). + +Oops, sorry for the irrelevant thread inclusion. I guess emacs adds the +References header after a message is sent is sent? In my setup, the +easiest way to post to a mailing list is to reply to an existing message +(since I subscribe to each list under a different email address). I +tried to start a new thread by deleting the In-Reply-To and header which +was all I saw, but I guess the References header got inserted later... + +David -- 2.26.2