Re: continuity of a topic in debian-user
On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 2:30 PM, PETER EASTHOPE <peasthope@shaw.ca> wrote:
> Folk,
>
> Once or twice the list server has connected
> the thread after I've copied the subject line
> verbatim. Usually the thread gets broken and
> complaints follow. Does anyone see why this
> happens? ... With the server, not the humans.
>
> Is there a way to ensure that the thread is maintained,
> given that I compose the reply in a Web based MUA?
>
Because threading is done by message id (see headers) and not actually
replying to the thread loses the continuity of the message/reference
ids. Basically, if you don't reply you're starting a new thread.
--
Vikki Roemer
Registered Linux user #280021
"Sometimes the lights all shinin' on me;
Other times I can barely see.
Lately it occurs to me what a long, strange trip its been."
-- Grateful Dead, "Truckin'"
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