Re: No easy way to join discussion in existing thread when not subscribed

Stephen Frost wrote:
> * Amir Rohan (amir(dot)rohan(at)mail(dot)com) wrote:

> > The montly mbox only updates once a day, you sometimes need to wait for
> > several hours to send a reply, so a single-message mbox would be
> > helpful. But the "mail me a copy" link solution would be even better,
> > and would works with all mail clients out of the box.
>
> My thinking about the mbox format would be an mbox of the entire thread,
> not just of an individual email. Having the whole thread can be useful
> for a couple of reasons (for example, if you want to reply to more than
> one email in a single email).

The one I've wanted myself sometimes is "mbox of the entire commitfest",
mainly for offline review of patches in a CF -- where the ones that are
actual submissions are starred or something like that.

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