Threads are usually broken because someone's mailer doeesn't generate
any useful trackable header like Message-ID, References, or In-Reply-To.
I would rather get the person to use a better client, or smack her/his
ISP to add this support to their mail system.
As for threading by subject, it'd be nice to do what you suggested. But
this is an open-source world where code speaks volumes. So writing and
submitting a patch would be better. :)
On Sat, Jun 17, 2000 at 07:33:16PM -0500, Andrew Eichmann wrote:
:
:When I thread mailing list messages, often the thread will be broken
:up because of differing versions and placement of ``Re:'' in the
:subject line, compounded by different mail clients' handling of
:the subject line. For example, if the original message's Subject:
:line is ``[BOB] What's the frequency, Kenneth?''where ``[BOB]'' is
:the mailing list name that gets prepended to the subject, the replies
:will
:wind up like:
:
:``Re: [BOB] What's the frequency, Kenneth?''
:``re: [BOB] What's the frequency, Kenneth?''
:``Re: [BOB] re: What's the frequency, Kenneth?''
:``RE: [BOB] What's the frequency, Kenneth?''
:``Re: re: [BOB] What's the frequency, Kenneth?''
:usw.
:
:I searched on ``Re:'' and ``Subject:'' in the manual and didn't
:find anything useful looking.
:
:Is there a built-in solution to this? Does anybody else have this
:problem? I imagine something stripping out all variations of ``Re:''
:before the threads are arranged in the list. This would be child's
:play in Perl, the world is not Perl. :-)
:
:Or should I start putting together a patch, right after I relearn C?
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Eugene Lee
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