On Mon, May 24, 2021 at 11:03 PM Andrew Dunstan <and...@dunslane.net> wrote: > > 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:".
Yes, I've always been confused by that form. I may have tried to enter some free text once but AFAIR I always use the specific message-id.
