On 9 Apr 1998, Mike Miller wrote: > > Is Gnus able to use the References: line in mail messages > > to thread? > > Yes, Gnus uses the Reference: header(s) to build threads. If > references aren't available, it does what it can using Subject: > headers. It can also use "fuzzy" matching of subjects - sort of > a noise filter to make guesses about what might be related to > what.
I've put off learning Emacs for too long. Sounds like I'm just re-inventing the wheel with the mail to news thing. > > I still do this with debian-user-digest, splitting the > > digest and adding a dummy Message-ID and some other fields > > to keep the news system happy. > > The debian-user-digest that I get already has Message-ID's. Yeah, mine too. The only digests I have to dummy up a msg-id for are the vger lists, like kernel-digest. > > I wonder if not snipping the References line would be > > useful to anybody else? > > I think that would be handy. rick -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]