From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCB8E6DE0140 for ; Wed, 23 Jan 2019 13:10:20 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at cworth.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -0.633 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.633 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.581, DATE_IN_PAST_03_06=1.076, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, T_SPF_PERMERROR=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 b5Zi9nwNEHIb for ; Wed, 23 Jan 2019 13:10:20 -0800 (PST) X-Greylist: delayed 372 seconds by postgrey-1.36 at arlo; Wed, 23 Jan 2019 13:10:20 PST Received: from che.mayfirst.org (che.mayfirst.org [162.247.75.118]) by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 209FB6DE00D4 for ; Wed, 23 Jan 2019 13:10:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from fifthhorseman.net (unknown [38.109.115.130]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by che.mayfirst.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B1C16F99A; Wed, 23 Jan 2019 16:04:05 -0500 (EST) Received: by fifthhorseman.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id D7D7620700; Wed, 23 Jan 2019 11:43:53 -0500 (EST) From: Daniel Kahn Gillmor To: Nicolas Bock , notmuch@notmuchmail.org Subject: Re: merge broken mail threads In-Reply-To: <878szbbdfi.fsf@gmail.com> References: <878szbbdfi.fsf@gmail.com> Autocrypt: addr=dkg@fifthhorseman.net; prefer-encrypt=mutual; keydata= mDMEXEK/AhYJKwYBBAHaRw8BAQdAr/gSROcn+6m8ijTN0DV9AahoHGafy52RRkhCZVwxhEe0K0Rh bmllbCBLYWhuIEdpbGxtb3IgPGRrZ0BmaWZ0aGhvcnNlbWFuLm5ldD6ImQQTFggAQQIbAQUJA8Jn AAULCQgHAgYVCgkICwIEFgIDAQIeAQIXgBYhBMS8Lds4zOlkhevpwvIGkReQOOXGBQJcQsbzAhkB AAoJEPIGkReQOOXG4fkBAO1joRxqAZY57PjdzGieXLpluk9RkWa3ufkt3YUVEpH/AP9c+pgIxtyW +FwMQRjlqljuj8amdN4zuEqaCy4hhz/1DbgzBFxCv4sWCSsGAQQB2kcPAQEHQERSZxSPmgtdw6nN u7uxY7bzb9TnPrGAOp9kClBLRwGfiPUEGBYIACYWIQTEvC3bOMzpZIXr6cLyBpEXkDjlxgUCXEK/ iwIbAgUJAeEzgACBCRDyBpEXkDjlxnYgBBkWCAAdFiEEyQ5tNiAKG5IqFQnndhgZZSmuX/gFAlxC v4sACgkQdhgZZSmuX/iVWgD/fCU4ONzgy8w8UCHGmrmIZfDvdhg512NIBfx+Mz9ls5kA/Rq97vz4 z48MFuBdCuu0W/fVqVjnY7LN5n+CQJwGC0MIA7QA/RyY7Sz2gFIOcrns0RpoHr+3WI+won3xCD8+ sVXSHZvCAP98HCjDnw/b0lGuCR7coTXKLIM44/LFWgXAdZjm1wjODbg4BFxCv50SCisGAQQBl1UB BQEBB0BG4iXnHX/fs35NWKMWQTQoRI7oiAUt0wJHFFJbomxXbAMBCAeIfgQYFggAJhYhBMS8Lds4 zOlkhevpwvIGkReQOOXGBQJcQr+dAhsMBQkB4TOAAAoJEPIGkReQOOXGe/cBAPlek5d9xzcXUn/D kY6jKmxe26CTws3ZkbK6Aa5Ey/qKAP0VuPQSCRxA7RKfcB/XrEphfUFkraL06Xn/xGwJ+D0hCw== Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 11:43:53 -0500 Message-ID: <87h8dz5np2.fsf@fifthhorseman.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 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: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 21:10:21 -0000 --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed 2019-01-23 08:29:05 -0700, Nicolas Bock wrote: > Sometimes during a lengthy discussion someone inadvertently breaks=20 > the email thread because their mail client doesn't get it. Is=20 > there a way to merge the two fragmented threads again with=20 > notmuch? there's a manual way to do it as a janky workaround: * create a bogus e-mail message that References: a message-id from each split faction. * inject that message into your notmuch message store * delete that message See also the thread on this maiing list with Subject "thread merge/split proposal" from back in 2016, starting at id:87mvp9uwi4.fsf@alice.fifthhorseman.net though i don't think any of that has been implemented. --dkg --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHUEARYKAB0WIQTJDm02IAobkioVCed2GBllKa5f+AUCXEiZyQAKCRB2GBllKa5f +OyEAP9XEN7izi3LIRj8YJIJw5xks4rQYlZT2qXVJsETh78eygD/YfVxnEZMOGUq vmIBCR+z+/I2WG19JaJ/WwhfY+eIZwc= =wO0C -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--