David Woolley wrote:
Outlook is possibly a particular problem, as it can thread Usenet but
not email.
Outlook can thread email messages. It isn't set to do that by default
though. And most people don't have it set that way.
It's a lousy excuse of an email client, as is Outlook Express, but
people still use it a lot, mainly from not knowing how much easier a
decent client makes dealing with email, and large volumes of email too.
Multiple threads on different subjects, all linked to other threads
occur when someone does as was mentioned up the thread, they hijack an
existing thread by replying and changing the subject. Never do this.
Copy and paste the list address into a new message, or add the list
email address to your address book. Either way start a new message and
you'll have a new thread.
Another way message threading gets messed up is folks using the digest
method of getting the list. Basically, if you are on digest and you
reply, you are breaking the thread as your digest message is it's own
thread. So for digest list readers, just don't reply, unless you want to
break the existing message thread, which you (in digest mode) are not a
part of. Go to Nabble and properly reply to keep the existing thread
intact, or set your list preferences to get individual emails. Then a
reply is to the actual thread.
Once you see how an email client that can properly manage list and other
messages, thread them properly, separate and archive them into separate
folders, and generally make your email life easier, you'll wonder how
you ever did without it for so long. I get thousands of email messages
each day on several accounts, and without a decent email client, I could
never manage them all.
Rick Kunath, k9ao
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