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* Feature request: Search header Reply-to when using search prefix from
@ 2021-05-26 16:24 Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho
  2021-08-02 15:37 ` David Bremner
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho @ 2021-05-26 16:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: notmuch

tl;dr;

This is a request for the search prefix 'from:' to look at both headers 'From:'
and 'Reply-to:'.


Detailed explanation:

Unfortunately DMARC broke the usage of the From: header in mailing lists.

When we use the search prefix 'from:' we don't get the emails we expect anymore
because mailing lists that respect DMARC have to replace them [1].

One of the solutions adopted by mailing lists is to set the Reply-To: header
with the original address.  That is forcing notmuch users to index that header,
but whenever we search emails from a person, we have to search for:

    from:person@example.com OR ReplyTo:person@example.com


This feature request is similar to what is done for search prefix 'to:' which
searches on headers 'To', 'Cc' and 'Bcc'.

[1] https://dmarc.org/wiki/FAQ#I_operate_a_mailing_list_and_I_want_to_interoperate_with_DMARC.2C_what_should_I_do.3F

Thank you!

-- 
Tulio Magno

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* Re: Feature request: Search header Reply-to when using search prefix from
  2021-05-26 16:24 Feature request: Search header Reply-to when using search prefix from Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho
@ 2021-08-02 15:37 ` David Bremner
  2021-08-02 18:56   ` Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: David Bremner @ 2021-08-02 15:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho, notmuch

Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho <tuliom@ascii.art.br> writes:

> tl;dr;
>
> This is a request for the search prefix 'from:' to look at both headers 'From:'
> and 'Reply-to:'.
>

Long delayed reply:

Your message finally reached the list and I've tagged it as a feature
request.

I personally prefer to search for lists by List-Id. Can you explain a
bit why that doesn't work for you?

For the experts:

One implementation issue is that without adding another value slot, regular
expression searches would not work for things that were only in
Reply-To, which is pretty confusing. I don't know what the resource cost
of adding a value slot is, but I'm a bit leery of adding too many.

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* Re: Feature request: Search header Reply-to when using search prefix from
  2021-08-02 15:37 ` David Bremner
@ 2021-08-02 18:56   ` Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho
  2021-08-12 17:34     ` David Bremner
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho @ 2021-08-02 18:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: David Bremner, notmuch

David Bremner <david@tethera.net> writes:

> Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho <tuliom@ascii.art.br> writes:
>
> Long delayed reply:
>
> Your message finally reached the list and I've tagged it as a feature
> request.

Thanks!

> I personally prefer to search for lists by List-Id. Can you explain a
> bit why that doesn't work for you?

Me too, but in many cases I have to search for the author of the message without
remembering if the message was sent directly to me or via a mailing list.

However, with mailing lists adopting DMARC, the From: header is being
manipulated and can't be trusted for searches anymore [1].
If it's hard to understand what is happening, look at the From: header from this
archived mbox [2] sent to libc-alpha.
You will notice the different email addresses in From: and Reply-To:. I hope it
helps to understand why a search for from:tuliom would not return that message.

The mailing list had to do this so that people with a DMARC-enabled email could
continue to receive messages from the mailing list.

[1] https://dmarc.org/wiki/FAQ#I_operate_a_mailing_list_and_I_want_to_interoperate_with_DMARC.2C_what_should_I_do.3F

[2] https://public-inbox.org/libc-alpha/878s26l76b.fsf@linux.ibm.com/raw

> One implementation issue is that without adding another value slot, regular
> expression searches would not work for things that were only in
> Reply-To, which is pretty confusing. I don't know what the resource cost
> of adding a value slot is, but I'm a bit leery of adding too many.

I see.

-- 
Tulio Magno

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* Re: Feature request: Search header Reply-to when using search prefix from
  2021-08-02 18:56   ` Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho
@ 2021-08-12 17:34     ` David Bremner
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: David Bremner @ 2021-08-12 17:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho, notmuch

Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho <tuliom@ascii.art.br> writes:

> David Bremner <david@tethera.net> writes:
>
>> I personally prefer to search for lists by List-Id. Can you explain a
>> bit why that doesn't work for you?
>
> Me too, but in many cases I have to search for the author of the message without
> remembering if the message was sent directly to me or via a mailing list.
>

One option to consider is the upcoming s-expression query syntax.  The
latest version [1] includes the possibility to define a macro like

(macro (From user) (or (from user) (Reply-To user)))

and use it like

$ notmuch search --query=sexp '(From user)'

[1]: id:20210812170728.1348333-1-david@tethera.net
     https://nmbug.notmuchmail.org/nmweb/search/id%3A20210812170728.1348333-1-david%40tethera.net

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