hm, reading the threads in the list archive is an option that I often use, too, and it is independent of any mail program ;-)
example, by thread, this month: http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/gendergap/2012-June/thread.html
:-) cheers Claudia
On Tue, 19 Jun 2012 16:50:17 +0100, Andreas Kolbe wrote
On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 4:28 PM, Karen Sue Rolph karenrolph@hotmail.comwrote:
Dear esteemed colleagues,
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I recently referred to Anita S. I don't know her, don't know how she would be contacted, Andreas. I don't know if she contributes to Wikipedia, even. Anyone who might have weighed in without first exploring the nature of her work missed it's essence. Evidence is useful to this forum and its mission.
KSRolph
Dear Karen,
I have contacted Anita, and hope she will have time to look in.
(As for the threading of topics, I suspect that gmail handles the thread structure better than hotmail. In gmail, all the posts that belong to a given topic always appear together, in one long list, so it's easier to see what preceded any given post.)
Best, Andreas