On Sat, 2003-10-18 at 04:49, Pete Biggs wrote: > > > > > > 4. Threads aren't displayed very well: messages that should belong to > > > > the same thread are dispersed according to their date in many different > > > > threads. > > > > > > huh? we thread according to in-reply-to and references headers. we don't > > > thread based on date. this makes no sense. > > > > Agreed, but that's what happens. Instead of having this: > > > > Subject A - 2003-10-15 > > Subject A - 2003-10-16 > > Subject A - 2003-10-17 > > Subject B - 2003-10-14 > > Subject B - 2003-10-15 > > Subject B - 2003-10-16 > > Subject B - 2003-10-17 > > Subject B - 2003-10-18 > > > > I get this: > > > > Subject B - 2003-10-17 > > Subject B - 2003-10-18 > > Subject A - 2003-10-15 > > Subject A - 2003-10-16 > > Subject A - 2003-10-17 > > Subject B - 2003-10-14 > > Subject B - 2003-10-15 > > Subject B - 2003-10-16 > > > > however I fiddle with the settings. > > > So that means that some of the messages don't have the correct threading > information in the headers. Evo doesn't thread on Subject, as Jeffrey > said. > > > > > > > This is quite annoying and, in some ways, unpredictable (i.e. > > > > in certain folders threads behave better than in others), is this a > > > > problem specific to the last Evo releases? > > > > > > huh? no. likely a bug in the other clients you communicate with if > > > anything. they probably aren't properly setting the threading headers. > > > > I'm not following you here: what do you mean with "the other clients"? I > > just download emails from my POP server, Evolution is the client here. > > Threading in the same folders works great using Messenger (don't know > > about other clients). > > No, "other clients" as in the ones that create the emails that don't put > the correct threading information in the headers. If messenger is > threading according to Subject, then it is working around the broken > behaviour of other clients - perhaps there should be an option to turn > on threading by subject, but it shouldn't be the default.
there actually is a setting in evo for this, but there is no UI for changing this setting. you have to change it using gconftool-2 or gconfeditor or something. anyways, the key is /apps/evolution/mail/display/thread_subject I think. Jeff _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
