Date: Sat, 08 Jun 2019 14:03:12 -0400
From: "Valdis Kl=?utf-8?Q?=c4=93?=tnieks" <valdis.kletnieks@vt.edu>
Message-ID: <13857.1560016992@turing-police>
| I understand why that .* was causing me indigestion. But I'm having a hard
| time matching "pattern is used directly" with what I'm seeing,
| unless -search is *also* doing a split into component and pattern
I haven't looked, but it is not impossible that (perhaps any number of) "Re:"
get deleted from Subject headers before matching (or perhaps it attempts a
match both with and without) - that shouldn't be needed with a -subject
search, but with -search it would allow users to easily find all messages
in a thread (with and without Re: stuck in there).
I also wouldn't be surpriused to see mailing-list noise elided before
matching is attempted (the '[nmh-workers]' that gets installed in all of
these messages).
I have seen systems in the past which acted like that. It tends to more
often DTRT than otherwise (but when it is otherwise, it is certainly
perplexing).
However, when I try it, I don't see that (either of them) ...
jinx$ scan $( pick -subject "Stupid 'pick" +info/nmh )
11777 Fri "Valdis Kl?tnieks [nmh-workers] Stupid 'pick' question...<<--=====
11778 Fri Bakul Shah Re: [nmh-workers] Stupid 'pick' question...<<On
11779 Fri Bakul Shah Re: [nmh-workers] Stupid 'pick' question...<<But
11781 - Sat Ralph Corderoy Re: [nmh-workers] Stupid 'pick' question...<<Hi
11783 16:50 To:Ralph Corderoy Re: [nmh-workers] Stupid 'pick' question...<<Dat
11784 -11:04 Ralph Corderoy Re: [nmh-workers] Stupid 'pick' question...<<Hi
11793+ 14:03 "Valdis Kl?tnieks Re: [nmh-workers] Stupid 'pick' question...<<--=
jinx$ scan $( pick -search "Subject: \[nmh-workers] Stupid 'pick" +info/nmh )
11777 Fri "Valdis Kl?tnieks [nmh-workers] Stupid 'pick' question...<<--=====
jinx$ pick -version
pick -- nmh-1.7 built 2018-02-02 13:58:27 +0000 on jinx.noi.kre.to
jinx$ mhparam pick
-seq sel -list
kre
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