On 5/24/21 10:55 AM, Magnus Hagander wrote: > On Mon, May 24, 2021 at 4:18 PM Andrew Dunstan <and...@dunslane.net> wrote: >> >> On 5/24/21 8:42 AM, Daniel Gustafsson wrote: >>>> On 24 May 2021, at 11:47, Magnus Hagander <mag...@hagander.net> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 11:08 PM Alvaro Herrera <alvhe...@alvh.no-ip.org> >>>> wrote: >>>>> On 2021-May-19, Andrew Dunstan wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> It's just a reference after all. So someone supplies a reference to an >>>>>> email on an out of the way list. What's the evil that will occur? Not >>>>>> much really AFAICT. >>>> Well, if you include all lists, the ability for you to findi things by >>>> the "most recent posts" or by searching for anything other than a >>>> unique message id will likely become less useful. >>> Thats a good case for restricting this to the smaller set of lists which >>> will >>> cover most submissions anyways. With a smaller set we could make the UX >>> still >>> work without presenting an incredibly long list. >>> >>> Or, the most recent emails dropdown only cover a set of common lists but >>> a search will scan all lists? >>> >>>> As long as you only ever search by message-id it won't make a difference. >>> Without any supporting evidence to back it up, my gut feeling tells me the >>> most >>> recent mails list is a good/simple way to lower the bar for submissions. >>> >> Maybe. I only ever do this by using an exact message-id, since that's >> what the web form specifically asks for :-) > The webform lets you either do a free text search, or pick from a > list, or enter a message-id, no?
Yes it does, but the text next to the field says "Specify thread msgid:". cheers andrew -- Andrew Dunstan EDB: https://www.enterprisedb.com
