Email threading (was Re: Frequent freezing around login screens)

[Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net>]

Hi,

On Fri, Mar 28, 2025 at 08:51:48PM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote:
> The complete algorithm is here:
> 
> https://www.jwz.org/doc/threading.html
> 
> and is implemented in every good email client: there are no good
> email clients which don't use it. It's a prerequisite to being
> considered "good".

But the majority of subscribers to this list do not use a good email
client and arguments like this have not motivated them to start doing
so.

I agree with everything you say, and agree that probably if George were
able to switch to better email software then using email would be more
pleasant for them, but there is an undercurrent of "you are failing at
email" here when the reality is more like "you are not excelling at
email, unlike this tiny priesthood whose numbers dwindle every year".

Thanks,
Andy

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