If you're using gmail, then you can configure it to work with a a pop
client, such as Thunderbird. I'm sure your ISP also offers this
option. Once it's set up it's much bette, (though some peoples mails
don't seem to thread properly.
I had noticed that Gmail has recently upgraded their web interface to
make it unsuable to anyone used to either the web page metaphor or a
real e-mail client. I'm sure someone, somewhere must like it.
On 5/20/2010 10:49 AM, mike wilson wrote:
On 20 May 2010 15:40, John Francis<jo...@panix.com> wrote:
On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 08:57:30AM +0100, mike wilson wrote:
On 19 May 2010 19:57, steve harley<p...@paper-ape.com> wrote:
just noticed this buried in the Chicago thread (i use a true threaded mail
reader, so if you use "reply" to post something on a new topic, it will
still get threaded with whatever you reply to)
<hijack>
My ISP has recently changed its webmail interface to one "powered by
Google" that does this. With no apparent way of turning it off.
</hijack>
Why would there be? That's the recommended (RFC-compliant) behaviour.
In over 20 years of using email, it's the first interface I've had to
use that does this.
If you don't want your message to be treated as a reply, you have
two choices:
o Don't use the "reply" command.
o find some way to edit headers to remove the "In-Reply-To:" and
"References:" line(s).
Any email program that can do threading probably allows you to define
your own email aliases; just define "PDML" to go to the list address,
and you don't need to use a "reply" command at all.
It's not an email programme, per se. It's a web GUI designed for
people who are (shall we say) less than technically proficient. The
command capabilities seem to be extremely limited. As i said, I can't
even order the messages. Of your three options, only the first seems
to be possible. As the interface has speeded up quite dramatically,
that may be the option I will choose, onovce I become more familiar
with it.
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