[mythtv-users] Mailing list Q: threading not working?

Peter Bowyer peter at bowyer.org
Sun Apr 1 17:46:54 UTC 2007


On 01/04/07, Lan Barnes <lan at falleagle.net> wrote:
> I don't see threading in my MUA, even though it's set. Is the mailing list
> supplying threading info in the headers? If not, could the list manager be
> kind enough to turn it on?

If you mean References: headers, it's the poster's MUA that adds them
- the MLM has no idea what message you're replying to. The list
doesn't touch them - it just passes them on.

eg from a recent post

References: <e4f1f0110703280639o2e54c60ex453f5ce06738a043 at mail.gmail.com>	<44829edd0703280702g35d6f432sf5b4fc8a2958684c at mail.gmail.com>	<e4f1f0110703280721jd5c2096ja18af4e8404a4c8d at mail.gmail.com>	<460A83BD.7080109 at thirdcontact.com>	<A92EA057-92EE-4175-A994-A994726BEEBC at wilsonet.com>	<460E9E9E.8050703 at tdux.com>	<460F6222.4040200 at tdux.com>	<44829edd0704010057t4c2f666bv2322fe11d50d1215 at mail.gmail.com>
	<460F6C87.8060500 at tdux.com>
In-Reply-To: <460F6C87.8060500 at tdux.com>

>
> This is a high vol list, and I would like to be able to delete threads
> that don't pertain to me.

Sorting/grouping by Subject: will approximate to proper threading if
the headers are not there...

Peter

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Peter Bowyer
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