Douglas Wooster wrote:
<2 cents> Also, certain supposedly "modern" mail programs make threading awkward to
:-) Name names, I need something to scoff at:-) It might be someone can explain to you how it works, I've see that happen before,
use, so the goal with those is quote the whole thing so that the fewest number of posts have to be kept, in order to have a copy of (or be able to find) the whole thread. On the other hand, if you receive a list in "digest" mode, that technique can be an abomination. It'd be cool if list servers gave, in addition to the current options of "send as digest" and "send individual posts", something like "send as threads".
When should the server determine the thread's ended? or do you want the digest threaded? Years and years ago, I tried getting some list digested, and split the digest on receipt. I couldn't get it to work at all satisfactorily, and since then I've not seen a problem that digests solve. I do know some people still have problems with digests (I can tell when the subject references a digest), and I wonder whether they break threads when someone replies from a thread and remembers to set the subject properly. Is gmame a suitable alternative? -- Cheers John -- spambait [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Advice http://webfoot.com/advice/email.top.php http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 You cannot reply off-list:-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
