* On 15 Dec 2012, Erik Christiansen wrote: > On 15.12.12 17:03, Christian Brabandt wrote: > > Probably it is not yet in mutt, but might be included later. Many > > features from mutt started as separate patches (or are still flying > > around as patches) until they have been included into main mutt. > > Just tweaking the index view is only half a fix, IME. So some time ago I > removed the nuisance from the troublesome list, using procmail:
I'm on a lot of lists that use the subject: tag. I used to do this in procmail; I had a rule that removed [tags] for any message with a '[' in the subject. But I wrote the mutt patch because after a couple years' use, I felt that a procmail solution was wasted effort. At times some of these lists would burst messages out -- for example, if my machine went offline for a while (ISP, system, whatever), then I might get several dozen such messages in short order. Dozens of procmails shelling out dozens of formails and dozens of seds made my system pretty unfriendly to interactive use. In the end, the tags are just put back by the MLM anyway, so the only thing this did for me (vs an MUA-only solution) was to save me from looking at the tags in my editor. Now I just hide the tag in my index view. Much cheaper in system resources, and really just as effective for what matters. (It's also actually useful when I reply off-list to a poster, or forward/reply to someone else entirely -- but nonetheless I would never recommend using subject tags.) I've reposted the subjectrx patch to mutt-dev for review. If nobody has unmitigable negative comments, I'll push it to HEAD. -- David Champion • d...@bikeshed.us
