On Tue, Mar 01, 2005 at 03:04:40PM -0600, David Hoffman wrote: > On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 20:23:28 +0000, Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > This is because the tool handling the threading is using the References: > > headers in the email to do it, rather than the naive Subject:-based > > method used by the MARC-archives. > > > > That's probably what gmail is basing theirs on as well. > > Looking at this thread and then the "changed" one... shows up as two > different threads in gmail. Then gmail is broken, as I have suspected. I wonder what else is broken about it? No, don't answer, I won't use gmail unless they fix threading. I use mutt, and it handles the threading correctly. I did not see a new thread when the subject changed. But then the authors of mutt go out of their way to be compliant with the relevant RFCs. -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB
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