On Fri, 2005-04-08 at 16:48 -0700, Ray Lee wrote: > On Fri, 2005-04-08 at 19:23 -0400, Lee Revell wrote: > > The hard part is detecting when the user meant to attach something. > > As with anything in the domain of automatic double-checking of humans, a > 90% solution is nearly always better than a zero, as a 100% solution is > unobtainable. > > > Most people don't craft their subject lines to satisfy people's mail > > filters. > > True. Most messages with a patch do include [PATCH] in the subject, > however. As for an attachment, checking for "see" and "attachment" > within three words of each other in the body would probably be good > enough, and give few false positives. >
There is one major exception: replying to a thread on a mailing list that included [PATCH] in the original subject. The user may or may not intend to attach a patch, but the subject gives no indication either way. Daniel _______________________________________________ evolution-hackers maillist - [email protected] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution-hackers
