No. Threading based on subject line is a misfeature that is found in several broken email programs. The right way to do it is to use the headers specifically designed for threading (In-Reply-To: and References:).
Threading based on subject means that if I choose the same subject line for my email as one that somebody else used five years ago my message will turn up at the end of that earlier thread, even though it has absolutely nothing to do with it. On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 09:23:02PM +0200, eckinator wrote: > Wouldn't it be enough to just click first reply and then edit subject? > Cheers > Ecke > > 2010/5/20 Anthony Farr <farranth...@gmail.com>: > > 1. ? Click "Reply". > > 2. ? Copy the contents. > > 3. ? Discard the message. You'll be returned to the thread. > > 4. ? Hover the pointer over "Pentax-Discuss" at the top of any PDML > > message and a box will pop up. > > 5. ? Click on "Email" and you'll get a brand new message to compose, > > already addressed to p...@pdml.net. > > 6. ? Paste the contents from the discarded reply, to be quoted and > > replied to as is your wont. > > 7. ? Give the message a brand new name in the "subject" field. ?Viola, > > a new thread is born. > > > > Now I hope to Gawd that this works as I predict. ?I've done this > > before, and it has always happened as I described. ?The only > > spanner-in-the-works will be if Google has changed something under the > > hood in Gmail. > > > > regards, Anthony > > > > ? "Of what use is lens and light > > ? ?to those who lack in mind and sight" > > ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? (Anon) > > > > > > > > On 20 May 2010 17:57, mike wilson <m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com> 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. ?What > >> a load of regurgitated garbage it is. ?Not to mention that there is no > >> way to put newest messages at the bottom. ?How stupid is that? ?The > >> new interface works much more quickly than the previous one but, as it > >> is irredemiably broken as far as I am concerned, I will be using it > >> much less. ?For which you may raise thanks to your deity.... > >> </hijack> > >> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> PDML@pdml.net > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > >> follow the directions. > >> > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > > follow the directions. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
