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 :-) cheers andrew -- Andrew Dunstan EDB: https://www.enterprisedb.com