Apparently, though unproven, at 03:33 on Saturday 04 June 2011, Dale did opine thusly:
> Indi wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 04, 2011 at 03:00:01AM +0200, Stroller wrote: > >> On 3 June 2011, at 08:44, Alan McKinnon wrote: > >>> ... > >>> So it's like that Java-based gmail client for smartphones? The one that > >>> can only top posts and gives the user no way to do it otherwise. > >> > >> I thought *every* mail client for smart phones did that, these days, and > >> that we on this list had gone from being a bunch of intolerant geek > >> assholes (genuinely not looking at anyone specific here) who could not > >> accept top-posting under any circumstances to permitting it from those > >> devices. > > > > Where's the fun in that? > > What I would like to know is why some threads get broken up? My mail > client here follows these conversations as threads. For some reason, > recently the threads are getting broken as if someone started a fresh one. > > I'm sure this is not intentional and may not be avoidable but it makes > it difficult to follow the conversation. > > Is the same happening for others or is it just picking on me? No it's not just you. I'm seeing thread fragmentation too. I have threading set by headers and by subject line and it still happens. So someone is using a mail client that changes subject lines. -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com