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 E9BC5429E3F for ; Sun, 3 Nov 2013 12:13:01 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -0.799 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.799 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7] 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 ERqYcTIF2tPq for ; Sun, 3 Nov 2013 12:12:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail-lb0-f176.google.com (mail-lb0-f176.google.com [209.85.217.176]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DF1E1429E38 for ; Sun, 3 Nov 2013 12:12:53 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail-lb0-f176.google.com with SMTP id z5so4761514lbh.7 for ; Sun, 03 Nov 2013 12:12:52 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=EVQH+YY4CuNs/gjpcTNSkMcKNh1r2xlT7U9nuaetPp4=; b=fDeEaG+EKOeFWh2NCwiIqGEy6QD17sFRowr1aicZ1xyViQzXFCS1kY9BN5EBAN+NLo 0pqwApqDM78fB8DrwQmxAM6TFmlzAMqcAj9cziOPpfpfeNfotdAYzkbC5ofaYV5H3ApF EJkBxxkby+sz5H4Az/7sX0YlZL/iJzVLZnE5ug9NAjT2zl95e5Ubci7WS3cmWxvjmsZV vXrdFguJbXP5TUoVF/wGjKZ85x+0aSJlwWsKnxAVJY7MK/BYGn2MT+u4gyB2aSBj+mv1 B8ZFmGBSSZSgsx/1B9wQJkgVpQZFofq51bbFaf5xHzqEZwJ05JDOVDkeXuSjP/bsy2FS AdJA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.112.134.3 with SMTP id pg3mr2619286lbb.11.1383509572430; Sun, 03 Nov 2013 12:12:52 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.114.201.69 with HTTP; Sun, 3 Nov 2013 12:12:52 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <5276A289.3070605@fifthhorseman.net> References: <5274f93e254b5_6de7f51e7849@nysa.notmuch> <5276A289.3070605@fifthhorseman.net> Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2013 14:12:52 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Getting the right root mail of the thread From: Felipe Contreras To: Daniel Kahn Gillmor Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: "notmuch@notmuchmail.org" 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: Sun, 03 Nov 2013 20:13:02 -0000 On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 1:22 PM, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > On 11/02/2013 09:08 AM, Felipe Contreras wrote: >> >> Either way this doesn't make any sense to me. Each thread has a single >> origin >> mail, why would anybody would like to show a message other than that while >> displaying the summary of the tread? Even more, why isn't there an option >> to >> fetch that information easily? > > > It's entirely possible to make a message that has a References: header that > includes message IDs from two different threads. Right, there could be two or more roots. But we don't get either in the summary, we can only get the first or the last one. I say the summary should contain the earliest root, always. Or at least have an option to get it. -- Felipe Contreras