Re: [ba-ohs-talk] backlink database data
On Sun, 9 Dec 2001, Grant Bowman wrote: (01)
> Another reference that would be excellent to collect would be the
> In-Reply-To message IDs. This may get more involved, but it's what my
> email reader (mutt) uses to thread message displays by default. Mutt
> even has some heuristics to show me (in the latest version) duplicate
> copies of messages and possible thread references when the In-Reply-To
> is omitted.
>
> Some mailers don't include them and they aren't full URLs, but I feel
> they are intrinsic to email. They were designed as references or
> "relations" between email, so we should use them if we can. (02)
Great idea. Added to my To Do list. Basically, I'll introduce a "type"
field in the link database, and will capture these links as
"emailresponse" typed links, or something of the sort. (03)
-Eugene (04)
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