On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 5:57 PM, Auguste Pop <auguste@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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? > Depends what 'better' means. Gmail makes it seem as if the renamed topic leads to a new thread, but once you're aware of that you can always just compose a new mail for a new topic (copy-paste isn't that hard). Gmail's interface is very good for other things, after all.