On 15/07/05, Skyring <skyring(a)gmail.com> wrote:
While I endorse your comments, Chris, may I note that
the reason I use
GMail for mailing list traffic is because it is so very good at
handling threads (which it calls conversations).
So long as the subject doesn't change, all unread messages are
presented on a single page one after the other. Messages already read
are shown in a "stacked up" manner. I keep my normal email for
personal stuff, but I've transferred all of the several lists to which
I subscribe onto GMail.
The problem is that GMail is not the only threaded mailreader, and
that some of them (esp. older ones) work in a different way.
In the mail to which I'm replying, there's two header lines showing
the threading information:
In-Reply-To: <42D71B2F.5020808(a)starglade.org>
References: <42D71B2F.5020808(a)starglade.org>
Many systems use *these* to thread, rather than subject line (which
can be very handy when subject lines start picking up or losing extra
Re:'s), in much the same way as Usenet posts. Hence the desire to send
a new message, which wouldn't have this internal information, and thus
wouldn't be threaded...
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- Andrew Gray
andrew.gray(a)dunelm.org.uk