Re: [NTLK] Threads and digest subscribed

From: Victor Rehorst (victor_at_newtontalk.net)
Date: Thu Mar 25 2004 - 08:05:45 PST

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Robert Wright wrote:
> I am guessing that if I am digest subscribed, hitting reply on the digest
> and changing the subject header produces a new thread with my copied subject
> line? I guess this is a pain in the a.

That's correct. Threading in e-mail is typically handled by a special SMTP
header (called In-Reply-To) that contains the Message-ID to refer to.

Some clients may also try to match subjects together, but this usually doesn't
work too well. Considering e-mail was never designed to keep thread state,
that it works at all is a bonus :)

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