On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 5:54 PM, Oon-Ee Ng <ngoonee.talk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 4:49 PM, SanskritFritz <sanskritfritz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 3:52 PM, Matthew Gyurgyik <pyther@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> 2. Next time, please create a new mail, instead of replying to an existing >>> thread and changing the topic >>> >> >> What's wrong with that? >> > Changing the topic has no effect on the threading in 'real' and > 'proper' mail clients, which track threads based on message headers. > Of course, those who use gmail don't notice it because google in their > infinite wisdom decided to ignore those message headers and thread > based on topic =) > by gmail, do you mean the gmail web interface or the gmail mail service? i am using the web interface, and has the behavior you depicted for gmail. if i use a "real" and "proper" mail client, would it be better?