notmuch does not find some mails which actually are part of a thread

[Brian Sniffen]

Try the first command prefixed with “echo”. You will see that your shell is interpreting the dollar signs. 

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Brian Sniffen

> On Oct 28, 2017, at 2:43 PM, Gregor Zattler <telegraph at gmx.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi notmuch developers,
> 
> notmuch does not find some messages searched for with their
> Message-Id, while they are part of threads which can be shown
> with searches for Message-Ids of other mails in the very thread:
> 
> $ notmuch show --entire-thread=false  --format=raw --exclude=false -- id:003601c7767f$99ed7a30$3800000a at Audrones
> Error: search term did not match precisely one message (matched 0 messages).
> 
> An email with this Message-Id exists in the mail store and it
> happens to be the first message in the following thread:
> 
> $ notmuch show  --entire-thread=true  --format=text --exclude=false --  id:69A0875BA022C84ABA2DC975490DE6810AAB54 at dissens-server.adk.dissens.de |grep ^.message
> message{ id:003601c7767f$99ed7a30$3800000a at Audrones depth:0 match:0 excluded:0 filename:/home/grfz/Mail/dissens_e.V./cur/1175862594.14633_1751.pit:2,S
> message}
> message{ id:69A0875BA022C84ABA2DC975490DE6810AAB54 at dissens-server.adk.dissens.de depth:0 match:1 excluded:0 filename:/home/grfz/Mail/dissens_e.V./cur/1175863469.14633_3866.pit:2,S
> message}
> message{ id:004f01c776c2$a5587800$ef00a8c0 at frauenservice39 depth:0 match:0 excluded:0 filename:/home/grfz/Mail/dissens_e.V./cur/1175862594.14633_1776.pit:2,S
> message}
> message{ id:69A0875BA022C84ABA2DC975490DE6810AAB5A at dissens-server.adk.dissens.de depth:0 match:0 excluded:0 filename:/home/grfz/Mail/dissens_e.V./cur/1175863469.14633_3881.pit:2,S
> message}
> 
> there are 4 messages in the thread, the 4 respective file names
> are correct.
> 
> The mails are special insofar as message 1 is essentially the
> same as message 2 which seems to be a bounced and somewhat
> mangled version of message 1, the same is true for messages 3 and
> 4 respective.
> 
> But nonetheless these are legitimate mails, but messages 1 and 3
> cannot be found with their respective Message-Ids.
> 
> 
> Any ideas why this happens?
> 
> Ciao; Gregor
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