Re: [NTLK] OT: on OT

From: Laurent Daudelin (laurent_daudelin_at_fanniemae.com)
Date: Fri Apr 26 2002 - 14:28:46 EDT


On 26/04/02 09:19, "Eric L. Strobel" <fyzycyst_at_comcast.net> wrote:

> on 4/26/02 2:59 AM, Jon Glass at jonglass_at_mac.com wrote:
>
>>
>> on 4/26/02 3:54 AM, Eric L. Strobel at fyzycyst_at_comcast.net wrote:
>>
>>> I believe the gripe is that it would be nice to order the entire threads by
>>> date, not just w/in each thread.
>>
>> I can think of one good reason to have the threads listed by subject. If
>> they are sorted by subject, the same threads are usually in about the same
>> place in the folder view. In other words, the audio adapter is at or about
>> the top, and the palm threads are somewhere in the middle or toward the
>> bottom. I can follow threads pretty quickly because they are sorted by
>> topic, and not by the date of the first message in a thread (which could get
>> rather anarchic, now that I think of it. I have no problems with sorting by
>> subject to get threaded. I will give Victor credit, in that NewtonTalk is
>> the best email list (to which I'm subscribed) for its threads together.
>> Other lists somehow have the same thread split up in several places, yet
>> NewtonTalk keeps them together quite well. Do you put something in the
>> header that helps Entourage and OE to keep them together?
>
> It is largely (my opinion) that the "[NTLK]" comes AFTER the "Re:" in
> replies. This allows the original subject "[NTLK] blah blah blah" to remain
> invariant, thereby allowing OE/Entourage to establish that a swatch of
> messages are all part of the same thread.

I did specifically ask Victor to modify the way that the list was generating
reply so that it would be kinda compatible with Entourage. That was just
when NewtonTalk re-started from his ashes after Victor took over it.

-Laurent.

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