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 BF9B86DE26B6 for ; Sun, 9 Jul 2017 07:35:32 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at cworth.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=[AWL=0.010, 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 mPgE-RZ3MI8J for ; Sun, 9 Jul 2017 07:35:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fethera.tethera.net (fethera.tethera.net [198.245.60.197]) by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id ACEA76DE26A2 for ; Sun, 9 Jul 2017 07:35:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from remotemail by fethera.tethera.net with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dUDFt-00024w-Bs; Sun, 09 Jul 2017 10:32:13 -0400 Received: (nullmailer pid 18014 invoked by uid 1000); Sun, 09 Jul 2017 14:35:27 -0000 From: David Bremner To: Gregor Zattler , notmuch Subject: Re: Bug: fatal error with notmuch new, second run starts indexing all over again In-Reply-To: <20170709142147.czeett6stskxrnkp@len.workgroup> References: <20170703100958.5yidjhsyrnglaxum@len.workgroup> <877ezpbxxu.fsf@tethera.net> <20170703220750.dkornyh4ho7b2azy@len.workgroup> <87inj9w3nu.fsf@tethera.net> <20170706093101.cdjxdgvfy57a3kkb@len.workgroup> <87o9st3hz0.fsf@tethera.net> <20170709142147.czeett6stskxrnkp@len.workgroup> Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2017 11:35:27 -0300 Message-ID: <87k23h3cgg.fsf@tethera.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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: Sun, 09 Jul 2017 14:35:32 -0000 Gregor Zattler writes: > Hi David, > * David Bremner [09. Jul. 2017]: >> Gregor Zattler writes: >>> Since its an email from an open mailing list I attach it to >>> this very email. >>> >> >> It might or might not be related, but I noticed that those two messages >> get merged for me into a thread 1734 messages long of org-mode messages >> (I have some old org messages, but I think I not the two you mention). >> >> I'm not sure yet if it's a bug in notmuch, or something strange about >> mail from the org-mode list. > > This *might* be related with some other problem I reported > regarding false threading of messages, as discussed in the thread > containing amongst others id:874nvcekjk.fsf@qmul.ac.uk > > Short version: Some of the messages on this mailinglist had very > weired References: headers mot probably causing notmuch to > misbehave while threading the messages. But then there was no > xapian exeption involved. > Right. I looks like there are indeed many message-ids in the resulting database that look like valid email addresses. So that problem persists, despite an attempted fix discussed in that thread. I was wondering if the exception could result from overflowing some internal limit due to threads many thousands of messages long. I will be hard to know until I can replicate the exception. Perhaps a more complete org-mode list archive would do it. d