Re: elmo-use-database?

[David Maus <maus.david@gmail.com>]

At Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:31:25 -0900,
David Abrahams wrote:
> 
> At Thu, 24 Dec 2009 21:13:33 +0100,
> David Maus wrote:
> > 
> > > > ,----
> > > > | /message-id:<parent>|in-reply-to:<parent>|reference:<parent>/ 
> > > > <folder>
> > > > `----
> > > >
> > > > Such a virtual folder *should* find all messages that belong to a
> > > > threat.
> > > 
> > > Sadly, that'll miss grandchildren of the root message if they are only  
> > > using in-reply-to: and not references:
> > > :(
> > 
> > Huh? Doesn't the filter say: display messages with <parent> as
> > message-id *or* in-reply-to *or* reference?
> 
> Yes, of course it does.  This search can find replies to the root
> message, but how can it find a message that's in-reply-to a reply to
> the root message (assuming no or incomplete References:)?

Argh, right. So what about a filter folder filter condition

/thread:<id>/

Where <id> is a message-id and the virtual folder contains the message
with this id and all it's children?

The children are found by walking down the "In-Reply-To:"and
"References:" fields. User may additionally chose to search children
by the subject.

 -- David

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