On Tue, Nov 08, 2016 at 10:28:46AM +0100, nfb wrote: > Oh thank you all guys for your answers. Let me practice what i > learnt then... this kinda seems the appropriate use case too :)
In this case it was "problematic" for me, because I didn't notice that you answered my mail as well, as mutt didn't show this message as reply to my mail. > [snip] > > Hey Simon, your mail is exactly what saved me. I never noticed the ';' > entry in the index help screen, and for one reason or another i had > never had the need to operate on tagged messages until tonight, in > long time i use mutt. So i was trying replying to multiple messages > just tagging them and answering, which of course was not working. Yeah. Tagging is also really useful when moving and deleting multiple mails. >> This fact makes it less useful for mailing lists, as you most likely >> want to retain the thread hierarchy for all replies. > > Yep, this is the aspect that 'worries' me more, and i don't think i > would use it much, if at all, in mailing lists... Anyway ok, thread > hierarchy will definitely be broken after that, but is there a way to > decide which single message you want to actually answer toi, within > the thread? Or does mutt sorts tagged ones randomly or with fixed > criteria? I'd assume the first id in in-reply-to is used for the thread-view and I'd assume mutt uses the first tagged mail first in in-reply-to, but it's all an assumption and I haven't verified it. > Now ok, it's very likely that this message will land in the wrong > place, but i wanted to try it out :) ;-) > [snip] > > Thanks to everyone, and sorry for the long mixed mail :) You're welcome and don't worry. Regards Simon -- + privacy is necessary + using gnupg http://gnupg.org + public key id: 0x92FEFDB7E44C32F9
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