I haven't read through the entire thread, but I though the problems were mostly not because people start talking about something irrelevant in the same thread (which you can't solve by programming), but when people reply to an old thread to start a completely new thread (with a brand new subject). The issue was that the same messageid is kept in the headers, and some programs would think it's the same thread. Therefore the message id needs to be stripped out for threads like this and started anew.
Russ > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 12:31 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Suggestion for the list > > > The only way is the subject. You can do a diff on the > > subject and see how much of it changed. So that if you add > > Solved: or Spam: or Re: or Fwd: to the subject line, it > > doesn't change the thread. But if somebody creates a brand > > new subject, it should be a brand new thread. > > My point is simply that this isn't something that can easily be solved by > programming. If I leave the subject alone, or if my mail reader puts "RE:" > in front of it, it would be a non-trivial problem for a program to > determine > whether the body text is relevant to the subject. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > > Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized > instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, > Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. > Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:232721 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
