Changed the subject heading. Bjørn,
I agree with your comments. Even though I don't use threading doesn't mean you shouldn't be able to for others. Whether you have any luck mind you, is another matter. Kind Regards Mark Lang > -----Original Message----- > From: Bjørn K Nilssen [mailto:b...@bknilssen.no] > Sent: Thursday, 26 January 2012 10:13 AM > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Timeline - short descr. in reports > > A real threading rely on unique Message-Id. > WHen I write a mail to the list i may have this: > Message-Id: <op.v8nwwjk5oxyrqf@bk2> > When it appears on the list it has changed to: > Message-Id: <-424906331_103468...@mail.legacyusers.com> > which is wrong!! > It should not change at all. > For a real threading it should use > In-Reply-To: <the unique message-Id here> > > In the above case it should have been: > In-Reply-To: <op.v8nwwjk5oxyrqf@bk2> > > You just replied to your own post. > Your first mail had > Message-Id: <-424884225_103469...@mail.legacyusers.com> > > Your second mail should've had a In-Reply-To field referencing that ID, > but it didn't. > Your second mail had this field: > > In-Reply-To: <-424884678_103469...@mail.legacyusers.com> > > Which, as you can see, is not the same number/ID as you original > Message-Id. > This causes threading to, at best, be a simple grouping and sorting by > date/time, which is not very useful if you want to really follow a > thread.. Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp