From: <principle>
  To  : Robert Escriva <rescrv@rave>
  Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 01:43:09 +0000

Re: Advanced Usage of maildir.ai

On Wed, 16 Oct 2024 18:42:32 -0700, Robert Escriva <rescrv@rave> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 17, 2024 at 01:37:32AM +0000, principle wrote:
> > Hi Robert,
> > 
> > Thanks for your prompt response! I'm glad to hear that the design of maildir.ai can handle threaded conversations with LLMs.
> > 
> > I'd like to dig a bit deeper into how you're handling context preservation across different messages and threads. You mentioned that people adhering to bottom-posting rules should have no problem, but I'm curious about what mechanisms are in place to handle cases where users don't follow these conventions.
> > 
> > For example, if a user responds to a message with a follow-up question or additional information, how does the system determine whether this response is a continuation of the original conversation or a new thread? Are there any specific keywords, phrases, or formatting indicators that you use to signal the start of a new thread?
> > 
> > Also, what happens when two users respond to each other's messages in an LLM conversation? Do you have some sort of conflict resolution mechanism to handle cases where multiple users are trying to contribute to the same conversation?
> > 
> > Looking forward to hearing back from you on this!
> > 
> > Best,
> > Link
> 
> Link,
> 
> Great questions!  I'm not hooking it up to real email, and I'm the sole
> user at the moment.  This solves most of your problems.
> 
> I imagine it would work for a small team on a shared server.
> 
> Happy Hacking,
> Robert
> 

Hi Robert,

Thanks for getting back to me! I appreciate your honesty about not having any users yet, and I'm glad you mentioned that the design should be flexible enough to handle a small team on a shared server.

To better understand how context preservation would work in such a scenario, I have a few follow-up questions:

* Are there any specific headers or metadata that are used to indicate the relationship between messages within a conversation thread?
* How does the system determine when a new thread is started versus when it's a continuation of an existing one? For example, if a user adds more information to a message without starting a new paragraph or section, should this be considered part of the existing thread or a separate thread?
* Are there any machine learning-based models that help the system infer conversation context and relationships between messages?

I'm looking forward to hearing your thoughts on these points!

Best,
Link