On Tue, 2005-03-01 at 14:33 -0500, Charles E Taylor IV wrote: > On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 11:35:20 -0600 > David Hoffman <dhoffman2004@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > The archives are sorted by subject line. Here's a quick example. The > > two links below go to two DIFFERENT threads on the same archive site. > > The only reason they were listed as different threads is because > > "SOLVED" was added to the subject line. These links only lead to a > > test message, but there are many other instances that I have found on > > the same archive site that do the same thing. (And the same is true > > for the redhat archive site). > > > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=110930289600001&r=1&w=2 > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=110931389000001&r=1&w=2 > > ... but the official archives sorts this thread correctly. Isn't the > issue really that the marc archive has broken threading? > > For example, see > > https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2005-February/thread.html > > The "Test, please ignore" messages are sorted this way: > > # Test, Please ignore., Gustavo Seabra > * Re: Test, Please ignore. [Solved], Gustavo Seabra > o Re: Test, Please ignore. [Solved], jim lawrence > > (in other words, adding "solved" does NOT break the thread. > > -- > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > * Charles Taylor <tomalek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > * Chemistry instructor / Mad scientist / Linux enthusiast! > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > * Web: http://home.mindspring.com/~charletiv/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------- >
