From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23D61431E64 for ; Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:34:53 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: 0.001 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.001 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001] 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 pUkjvp6Eu71I for ; Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:34:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net (mailout-de.gmx.net [213.165.64.23]) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2F86D431FBC for ; Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:34:52 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 30 Jan 2012 22:34:50 -0000 Received: from p54BE2F5E.dip.t-dialin.net (EHLO shi.workgroup) [84.190.47.94] by mail.gmx.net (mp029) with SMTP; 30 Jan 2012 23:34:50 +0100 X-Authenticated: #19296480 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX19n+fUZ8Z1niSsF2IzcN6zH1DAPYhfk0+/l89pzWr 7rViV5HJfs308X Received: from grfz by shi.workgroup with local (Exim 4.77) (envelope-from ) id 1Rrzo4-0000l4-RS; Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:34:36 +0100 Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:34:16 +0100 From: Gregor Zattler To: notmuch Subject: Re: Bug?: notmuch-search-show-thread shows several threads; only one containing matching messages Message-ID: <20120130223416.GA26239@shi.workgroup> Mail-Followup-To: notmuch References: <20120126004024.GA13704@shi.workgroup> <20120126011903.GA1176@mit.edu> <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> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <878vkoev95.fsf@qmul.ac.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 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, 30 Jan 2012 22:34:53 -0000 Hi Mark, * Mark Walters [30. Jan. 2012]: > On Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:04:25 +0100, Gregor Zattler wrote: >> * Pieter Praet [30. Jan. 2012]: >>> On Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:42:14 +0100, Gregor Zattler wrote: >>>> * Pieter Praet [26. Jan. 2012]: >>>>> Here's another couple of threads squashed into a single one: >>>>> - [O] [Use Question] Capture and long lines >>>>> - id:"BANLkTikoF4tXuNLLufRzNSD6k2ZYs7sUcg@mail.gmail.com" >>>>> - [O] Worg update >>>>> - id:"m1wrfiz3ch.fsf@tsdye.com" >>>>> - [O] Table formula to convert hex to dec >>>>> - id:"20110724080054.GB16388@x201" >>>>> - [O] ICS import? >>>>> - id:"20120125173421.GQ3747@x201" >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> AFAICT, none of them share Message-Id's... >>>> >>>> Do you consider this a bug? >>>> >>> >>> I do. No idea what causes it or how to fix it though... :) >> >> First I thougt it' not a severe bug since one see's more not less >> messages in notmuch show buffer. But later I realised one also >> sees less not more threads in notmuch search buffer and might not >> read certain notmuch threads because of "wrong" $Subject: in >> notmuch search buffer. > I think notmuch links two messages into the same thread if they have an > in-reply-to or reference header in common: i.e the messages reference a > common parent message. (See comment in lib/database.cc "Even before a > message is added, it's pre-allocated thread ID is useful so that all > descendant messages that reference this common parent can be recognized > as belonging to the same thread.") So in case message a from thread A and message b from B would name the same Message c in their In-Reoply-To:/References: headers, while c is not (for some reason) in A or B, notmuch would assume both threads linked? Makes sense. > As far as I can see your grep tests haven't checked for that. True. > Also, could you email me the mbox you had (I think you said that it was > a mailing list so all public) and I will take a look? Sure, I do so off-list because of the size of the attachment. Ciao, Gregor -- -... --- .-. . -.. ..--.. ...-.-