Mike Zamansky has another video in his Using Emacs Series up. This time he talks about mu4e-conversation, which I wrote about previously. Mu4e-conversation is a package that makes reading email threads easier. It has two modes, (1) linear mode that displays every message of the thread in a single buffer that you can, say, search them all at once or just scroll through the message and (2) Tree mode that displays the messages in an Org mode tree.
Zamansky demonstrates both modes so you can get an idea of how it works. Like him, I haven’t decided yet whether it will become a permanent part of my workflow. As I said in my original post, threading in my workflow comes into play only when I’m reading posts from a mailing list. Otherwise, the threads are too shallow to need any special presentation.
One thing that I—and apparently Zamansky—haven’t figured out is how to get the individual messages colored by sender. They all appear in my normal display colors. I did a quick check of the code and it looks as if it should be working but I haven’t really researched the problem. I think that’s a very attractive feature of mu4e-conversation so I’ll probably spend a bit more time on it when I get a chance.
In the meantime, take a look at Zamansky’s video and see if mu4e-conversation makes sense for your workflow. The video is just a bit over 6 and a half minutes so it should be easy to fit it in.