On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 12:20:59PM -0700, Wesley J. Landaker wrote: > No, what I mean is that it's obviously *better* to use a MUA that supports > threading,
Threading is good. I'd go nutty(no, wait, I did that years ago anyway) trying to follow high-volume e-mail lists without it. Good thread handling was one of the main things I was looking for when I switched from Pine to Mutt several years ago. It looks like Pine's threading capabilities have improved since then. > but even if you use a MUA that doesn't support threading properly, as long > as you keep the subject line the same, most modern MUAs will still > associate it to the thread. =) In the case of Mutt it uses the In-Reply-To header, not the subject, to thread messages. If a subject has been changed(such as I did with this message) Mutt still threads the message appropriately. On the other hand if someone posts a new message with an identical subject or replies to a digest and changes the subject appropriately Mutt threads those kind of replies/posts separately. In the case of a new message with an identical/siumilar subject that's probably a good thing. People replying to digests can really smeg up theading. This is especially true if one replies to several different e-mails from the same digest. Since they're all a reply to the same message(the digest) they all get threaded together. I generally overlook replies to digests. Overall I prefer Mutt's threading techniques. > Anyway, someone else pointed out that you can always set things up so you > can ssh into some location (e.g. your home computer) and run a > full-featured text-based MUA like mutt. With a little setup, this might > actually be faster than using a web MUA anyway. That's the kind of setup I've been using for years. It has served me well. Kevin http://www.RawFedDogs.net http://www.WacoAgilityGroup.org Bruceville, TX Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes. Longum iter est per praecepta, breve et efficax per exempla!!! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
