Dan and Mac Mail.app users and anyone who replies to messages,
I have noticed that Mail.app seems to put seemingly unrelated threads
into an existing thread at times. I think I see a possible
explanation for this. In addition to the usual method of looking at
the subject text, I think mail.app also fingerprints messages
somehow, so it knows when a reply is to that message --even if the
subject line is altered. So if somebody starts a new thread by
replying to a thread I started or replied to, just to get the header
info, then replaces the body and subject lines to a new topic, my
Mail.app assumes it is still related to the original message. I just
tested out this theory by replying to a thread I started, but I
changed everything about the message except the To: line. Sure
enough the message came back threaded to the unrelated message I
started it from.
A case of too smart for its own good!
Dennis
On May 23, 2005, at 11:55 AM, Dan Shafer wrote:
Howard.....
I thought I was the only one experiencing this problem. I've posted
messages on two or three OS X message boards and haven't had a
single reaction or response.
Threads seem to collect unrelated messages more or less at random.
But it's still better for me than the old way.
On May 23, 2005, at 4:45 AM, Howard Bornstein wrote:
I used to do that but I really don't like the way Mail does
threading.
It never really works on my Mac.
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RevConWest '05
June 17-18, 2005, Monterey, California
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