[notmuch] list subject prefixes [was: Git commit mails (was: New wiki instance on the notmuchmail.org website)]

Jameson Rollins jrollins at finestructure.net
Wed Feb 3 15:37:57 PST 2010


On Thu, 4 Feb 2010 09:41:41 +1300, martin f krafft <madduck at madduck.net> wrote:
> also sprach David Bremner <bremner at unb.ca> [2010.02.04.0924 +1300]:
> > > PS: speaking of prefixes, how about remving the subject prefix of
> > > this list in general? ;)
> > 
> > I used to agree, but in notmuch, I actually find it convenient to have
> > threads marked by mailing list. Perhaps this will change if/when my
> > email setup or the notmuch emacs ui get better...
> 
> sed -e 's,^Subject:,& [notmuch],'

I think I might agree with Martin.  The subject prefix doesn't really
seem necessary with notmuch, considering that for the following two
searches:

notmuch search to:notmuch at notmuchmail.org
notmuch search subject:[notmuch]

the first is actually more reliable for finding list messages.

jamie.
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