Re: Threads on this mailing list

On 09.06.06 07:53:14, Kenneth Porter wrote:
> --On Friday, June 09, 2006 3:37 PM +0200 Urs Thuermann <urs@isnogud.escape.de>
> wrote:
>
> >The threads in this mailing list are shown badly cluttered in my mail
> >reader (worse than mosts mailing lists I am subscribed to). I think
> >this is caused by the following:
>
> Threading in mailing lists is implemented using the Message-ID header and
> References header. The References header refers to the Message-ID headers of
> prior messages. IMAP servers use this to tell clients about threads. The
> Subject line is only used (by some clients) as a workaround to systems that
> break the References chain.

The In-Reply-To Header is also needed for proper threading. Without it
you'd have all messaged belonging to a thread withing the same tree, but
not in the right order, because the messages without In-Reply-To are put
under the OP.

Andreas

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