On 28 January 2010 20:25, Lachlan Hunt <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> This an an issue where we can get innovative, because if it can work, it
> will be a rather useful feature.

I think it's a great idea. We'll have to do some testing with existing
clients and imap servers (since they have to parse the headers when
fetching envelopes).

> One possibility here is that when John's message is selected, both Sam's and
> Cameron's messages could be highlighted in some way to indicate that the
> selected message is a reply.  The mail client may even say something at the
> top of the message pane like:
>
> "Replied to multiple messages: _Sam_, _Cameron_
>
> Where each of those are links that when clicked, take the user to the
> specific mail.  This method is seems like the simplest approach, and will
> most likely work the best when the reply is to messages in the same thread.

If Letters has a flattened chronological view of threads, something
like this would be a boon, even for boring old replies to a single
mail.

Daniel
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