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