Re: Some Gnus Registry questions

[Tassilo Horn <tsdh@gnu.org>]

Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:

Hi Ted,

> TH> 2) The default value of `gnus-registry-track-extra' is (subject sender
> TH>    recipient).  When looking at the gnus registry eioio file, I can see
> TH>    that especially the subject tracking is responsible for a very large
> TH>    portion.  Now the question is: do I actually need that?
>
> Probably no, if you never search by subject.

I sometimes search by subject, but then it's with nnir on nnimap
groups.

> If you split by subject with the registry, then yes.
>
> TH>    I don't use client-side splitting, so I think the only position where
> TH>    I use the registry is for referring articles (^) and gathering
> TH>    threads (A T), right?  And since I also use
>
> TH>      (setq gnus-summary-thread-gathering-function
> TH>            'gnus-gather-threads-by-references)
>
> TH>    I probably don't need the registry tracking subjects, right?
>    
> Correct.  I wonder if it could figure this out automatically.
>
> TH>    In the same sense, do I actually need sender and recipient tracking?
> TH>    For article referring and thread gathering, I think only the
> TH>    Message-Id is needed, right?
>
> Correct.

Thanks for the confirmation!

Bye,
Tassilo