I am guessing that you may be one of the few who initiates mail to this
list by hitting reply, Karl. Not more than one or two others have
appeared with different subject lines in the same thread. But, we all
have our habits. This is the way I have read email since I started many
years ago. I will experiment with sorting by subject and/or eliminating
threads to see if I can live with that. None of this is more than a
minor issue not worth fussing about. As long as I can keep track of who
says what about what and when they said it, I am happy.
Don
karl shah-jenner wrote:
Don Roberts writes:
: I am using Thunderbird, Karl. I noticed you used a new subject line but
: it appeared in the thread for "PF exhibit of 9-20-08". I assumed that
: you were hitting reply and then changing the subject heading. That
: doesn't take it out of the thread. Am I wrong in my assumption?
threads - that explains it..
Gmail and Tbird and many other mail programs handle threads in funny ways.
Gmails buggy threading system has led to a lot of lost hair, but
Thunderbird is something i'm not that familiar with, though most pages
suggest threads are arranged based on subject line
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=303095
Q:"How does TBird handle threads? Looks like it only looks at the subject
line and arranges it based on date. And does not look at messageID of the
email. Is this true? "
A:"It does both. " (followed by instructions to change things)
<http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/staff/itsupport/Email/Thunderbird/Thunderbirdh
intsandtips/>
"Message threads Another way of grouping messages together by subject is to
click the "Thread" icon which is the leftmost column heading - it looks
like a speech-balloon. If you click this, all the messages belonging to the
same thread (ie with the same Subject line) will be grouped together"
It seems some thread handling is done by subject line, some by message ID
info - and each mail program has its own method of handling such things,
and sometimes it works ;)
The way I run mail is with folders. I set a few rules and incoming mail
pops into those folders based on date. I do not use an 'address book' as
in the unlikely chance I get hit with some nasty mailer virus, I'd rather
my friends don't get bombed with whatever hit me, so rather than
remembering an email address I hit reply. so, when I want to email
someone/a group I hit reply, change the subject line and off it goes.
Of course, how I set up my incoming mail and how it is received is my
choice.
Sending mail has commonly been done by hitting reply, typing the address
manually or using an address book
threading mail or linear mail arrangement seem in the hands of the
recipient and their mail program
but I'll try to change my habits if this makes things easier
do others have problems with the way their mail is handled?
