On Fri, May 24, 2002 at 10:54:57PM -0000, Felix Geerinckx wrote: > on Fri, 24 May 2002 22:47:24 GMT, Michael Fowler wrote: > > > It seems to me that by looking at both the References: and > > In-Reply-To: headers you could accurately reconstruct all of the > > threads. > > Not if the References are missing. You would e.g. never now whether a > reply was to the original article or to another reply in the same thread.
Based on empirical evidence (that is, I looked through some saved messages in my mailbox) and RFC822 the In-Reply-To: header consists of the Message-Id being replied to. Given that, you could trace down to the original message through the chain of In-Reply-To: headers. Granted, it's a little more tedious, but it is possible. As far as I understand, that's how mutt and the various mail archives determine what belongs to a thread. Michael -- Administrator www.shoebox.net Programmer, System Administrator www.gallanttech.com -- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
