Re: mew + gnus + namazu

[Jesper Harder <harder@myrealbox.com>]

Per Abrahamsen <abraham@dina.kvl.dk> writes:

> Chris Beggy <chrisb@kippona.com> writes:
>
>> The feature of mew which makes my mail handling easier is the ability
>> to auto-suggest folders based on my past mail handling habits, which
>> mew is recording.  It is possible, but there is no need to edit a
>> list of rules for folder suggestion.  This behavior is called refile
>> guessing, and is created by mew-refile-guess-* functions and
>> variables.
>
> Gnus really ought to get something similar.
>
> Unfortunately, we can't just steal the code, as it isn't assigned to
> the FSF.

It's even more unfornate that IBM is applying for a patent, which might
cover this feature (IANAL):

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| SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
| 
| [0020] The present invention is a method for assisting a user with the
| task of identifying and carrying out an appropriate labeling of an
| electronic document such as electronic mail, a news group article, web
| pages or non-textual electronic documents such as images, video clips
| and audio clips.
| 
| [0021] The method of the present invention includes the steps of
| training a text classifier on the user's existing labeled collection of
| documents, running the classifier on newly received documents, using the
| classification results to identify the most likely labels and presenting
| the set of possible labels to the user in a way that accentuates the
| most likely labels. The method further includes the step of updating the
| classifier as documents continue to be stored and labeled.
| 
| [0022] In one embodiment of the invention, the method is imbedded in an
| electronic mail application and assists users in organizing their mail
| in separate folders. In a second embodiment, the method is imbedded in a
| Web browser for the purpose of assisting users in organizing their
| bookmarks (pointers to web pages).
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Does anybody know how long Mew has had this feature?  Maybe it's prior
art.