on Mon Feb 06 2017, Jacob Bandes-Storch <swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote:
> Gmail does the same; I wonder if it's a Mailman feature/bug that triggers > the splitting. Many mail clients don't properly use the References: header to assemble threads, instead using subject lines. I use Gnus and don't see epic threads getting split up, FWIW. > > On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 7:59 PM Charles Srstka via swift-evolution < > swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote: > >> Oh, Mail messes up the grouping of them quite a lot in my experience. >> Whenever we get one of those epic, super controversial threads with tons of >> posts in them, it’s almost guaranteed to split into two or three parallel >> threads, on my machine anyway. >> >> Charles >> >> On Feb 6, 2017, at 6:45 PM, Daniel Duan via swift-evolution < >> swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote: >> >> Mail.app grouped it in the correct thread (further proves that email >> clients are awesome 😀). Unfortunately mailman did not do so. >> >> <Screen Shot 2017-02-06 at 4.44.42 PM.png> >> >> On Feb 6, 2017, at 4:40 PM, James Berry <jbe...@rogueorbit.com> wrote: >> >> >> On Feb 6, 2017, at 4:28 PM, Daniel Duan via swift-evolution < >> swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote: >> >> I’ve been wondering about this for a while. What heuristic does mailman >> use to group emails? It this really impossible even if the title, email >> body, recipient all fits as if it’s from a existing subscriber? >> >> >> This email is related to the thread only by the subject. How does it work >> in your email client? I just wrote a new message, no “reply to”, etc. >> >> >> On Feb 6, 2017, at 4:12 PM, Xiaodi Wu <xiaodi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> No, as you define it, they're not mutually exclusive. But maintaining the >> option to reply to a thread at an indeterminate point in the future when >> you finally get around to reading _is_ essentially mutually exclusive to >> not storing a copy of every email sent to the mailing list on your email >> account somewhere. >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> swift-evolution mailing list >> swift-evolution@swift.org >> https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution >> >> _______________________________________________ >> swift-evolution mailing list >> swift-evolution@swift.org >> https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution >> > _______________________________________________ > swift-evolution mailing list > swift-evolution@swift.org > https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution > -- -Dave _______________________________________________ swift-evolution mailing list swift-evolution@swift.org https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution