On Tue, 12 Apr 2011 08:32:37 -0500 Ted Zlatanov <t...@lifelogs.com> wrote: 

TZ> On Mon, 11 Apr 2011 18:22:32 -0400 Sam Steingold <s...@gnu.org> wrote: 
>>> * Ted Zlatanov <g...@yvsrybtf.pbz> [2011-04-11 15:52:06 -0500]:
>>> 
>>> With Gnus at least, we could have a last-seen field that's updated
>>> whenever you see a message from that person.

Sam> Are you suggesting a last-seen field in addition to creation-date and
Sam> timestamp?  Or maybe a last-seen field for each e-mail address?

TZ> I didn't think timestamp was updated every time you see a message from
TZ> someone, just when the record is modified.  This one would explicitly
TZ> say "I saw a message from you on YYYY-MM-DD" and leave timestamp
TZ> unchanged because it's not a true data change.

Sam, are you in silent agreement or will this feature not help you?

>>> Then you can filter all the records with last-seen over 2 years ago,
>>> for instance.

Sam> This is no good.
Sam> I might be seeing messages from the person in some newsgroup every day
Sam> but still not want him in the diary or the printout.
Sam> I think both diary and printout are too "personal" enough for a
Sam> "catch-all" solution.

TZ> You can apply more filters, this is just the "have I seen this person
TZ> lately" filter.  

TZ> I think it may be nice to have an integer friend-level field that could,
TZ> for instance, range from 10000 (has my DNA) to 0 (eh) and down to -10000
TZ> (would kill on sight).  This could be used to score discussion threads
TZ> in Gnus, for instance, and to do the "I want to know about this person"
TZ> filter you want.

Same question.

Ted


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