I am referring to the emc-users list.  Right now in particular I am
referring to the "Re, curiousity is going to run this" etc..  Its not that
big of a deal, but some of these threads get broken up multiple times, it
would be nice to keep them together.

On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 1:17 AM, Kent A. Reed <[email protected]>wrote:

> On 8/22/2012 10:29 PM, Erik Friesen wrote:
> > Is there any way the users list software could combine a slightly changed
> > subject line?
> >
>
> Erik:
>
> I'm not sure what you are asking.
>
> What users-list software are you referring to?
>
> I suspect you are actually asking about details in the headers of the
> messages that form this thread.
>
> According to RFC 2822 (and others), a reply should contain a Reference:
> header and/or an In-reply-to: header containing message-id(s) of
> previous messages in the thread. Mail agents (e.g., Thunderbird, etc.)
> are supposed to use this message-id, not the subject line, to identify
> message-membership in the thread. With this scheme one can change the
> subject line entirely and still maintain the thread.
>
> Unfortunately, scanning the headers of a number of messages sent to this
> list shows some of us are using mail agents that don't honor this RFC
> requirement and break the threads.
>
> If you are asking something else please ask again.
>
> Regards,
> Kent
>
>
>
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