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Re: [debian-user] The List Standard



Douglas Allan Tutty <dtutty@porchlight.ca> wrote:

> > Not every one has threads. In a thread before yours this 
> > statement was made:
> >
> > AFAIK Thunderbird can thread even if the subject is changed. (It
> > uses the 'In-Reply-To:' header)"
> 
> > This person seems to imply that normally the subject is the key to 
> > establishing the descending threads.  And if Thunderbird for
> > example utilizes the REPLY TO header then that is at odds with what
> > you seem to be saying in this guideline.  So I am confused on this
> > matter.
> > 
> 
> I don't understand "not everyone has threads".  Its a standard part of
> email.  Therefore any decent mail user agent should show threads.  Try
> mutt.

Even Outlook can thread (not sure what happens if subject gets changed
though).

Regards,
Andrei
-- 
If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
(Albert Einstein)

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