From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: John Wiegley Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Changing the subject Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2015 10:37:18 -0500 Message-ID: References: <20151028235340.GE2538@acm.fritz.box> <22068.12941.199944.979963@turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <20151031165007.GA20747@acm.fritz.box> <20151031214827.GB1853@acm.fritz.box> <871tca2j7f.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <87k2pz7ejv.fsf@gmail.com> <56388756.1020502@yandex.ru> <87d1vr42r3.fsf@gmail.com> <87bnbbcfqq.fsf@wanadoo.es> <877flyg9ci.fsf@gmail.com> <871tc6zrf6.fsf_-_@fencepost.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1446655011 28946 80.91.229.3 (4 Nov 2015 16:36:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2015 16:36:51 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Yann Hodique Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 04 17:36:46 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Zu13E-0007sn-QQ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 04 Nov 2015 17:36:44 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55804 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zu13E-0000ji-Bh for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 04 Nov 2015 11:36:44 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41331) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zu0rF-00056q-FS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Nov 2015 11:24:25 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zu0rC-0003YT-Bm for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Nov 2015 11:24:21 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-qk0-x22c.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400d:c09::22c]:36413) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zu0rC-0003YP-7E for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Nov 2015 11:24:18 -0500 Original-Received: by qkcl124 with SMTP id l124so21858967qkc.3 for ; Wed, 04 Nov 2015 08:24:17 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:date:message-id:references :user-agent:mail-followup-to:mime-version:content-type; bh=iuVb/URkKa628Du0qUXjFS0oWa1pazBtRW9eNRjrhsQ=; b=KDVxAEH4XA/LMJFOuZDmf1k0iQnk8M9gtqDv+xmzuceCdWqmkvX+QDOMk1TqjmYZAe 7c+IR3MlQgN25dHCLziPnlBNd42OwM5WEVczxT3LuvCAaR6WH06sQeKL+OtFhgyCSsQy kNqdIztaDiNPZukVPGtZGwm96OPtjGk7qnQS3VwgXYMZzCGr2sM/u7pffPkHB81q8QmU C25fkiOYOofLMVufydMJvqjtQpYym+X2o6/kvuW9/XMwxPhZtLaysbhQczGqPsI7eKPR pMI3fg7R05hLePaUfSSrwyxjCsWpY4ua1lVHYopOGuqfd0Jt9RiORNkz3pJAPnl5uki2 Depw== X-Received: by 10.55.212.89 with SMTP id l86mr2338833qki.64.1446654257815; Wed, 04 Nov 2015 08:24:17 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from Hermes-2.local (74.sub-70-192-3.myvzw.com. [70.192.3.74]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id a36sm502037qgf.31.2015.11.04.08.24.16 (version=TLSv1 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Wed, 04 Nov 2015 08:24:16 -0800 (PST) X-Google-Original-From: "John Wiegley" Original-Received: by Hermes-2.local (Postfix, from userid 501) id E3E6F48DE536; Wed, 4 Nov 2015 11:24:14 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: (Yann Hodique's message of "Tue, 03 Nov 2015 17:40:52 -0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (darwin) Mail-Followup-To: Yann Hodique , emacs-devel@gnu.org X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400d:c09::22c X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:193211 Archived-At: >>>>> Yann Hodique writes: > It's probably also worth mentioning that Gnus users have the option to use > scores to identify (un)important messages, and that scoring on message-id > ("L i e p" for example) effectively translates into scoring on sub-thread as > long as nobody messes with the References field (which thankfully happens to > be fairly rare around here). > All this to say that while changing subject is certainly good practice, > relying on it might be a little optimistic, and there are other ways to > handle the issue that are more under the control of the person who actually > wants to filter stuff out. That's a nice option for those whose mail readers have such a capability (I'll give it a try myself, as a Gnus user). However, we can't assume everyone will have that ability. John