On or near 8/11/03 9:06 AM, Dean Suhr at [EMAIL PROTECTED] observed: > On some of the mailing lists I am on I like to have the message subjects > automatically prefixed with an identifier in the subject line. E'rage > offers this option ... But it seems to mess up the threaded view by > separating the original message from replies that have "re:" inserted into > the subject. > > Is this just me or is this an abnormality of E-Rage? > > Dean
If you mean a prefix something like "[Entourage] ", yes, that will mess up the threading. Some mailing lists prepend such strings to the subject. The way they interfere with threading is why I strip them out with a script. I don't think you can really call this an "abnormality." Entourage is grouping things alphabetically by subject, and with the variety of prefixes anyone might throw in, expecting it to ignore the prefix, ignore the "Re: " or "Fw: " as well (which it does now when there are no other prefixes present), and sort by the rest of the line, is asking a bit much. Newsgroups retain threading by reference numbers that mail messages don't have, so newsgroups can retain threading even if someone completely changes the subject! Unfortunately, there is no way (currently, and I hope ever) to _enforce_ such a standard on every mail client out there, so it won't happen with email. If you change the subject...and that's what adding a prefix is doing...you break the threading. -- Microsoft MVP for Entourage/OE/Word (MVPs are volunteers) Allen Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Entourage FAQ site: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/> AppleScripts for Outlook Express and Entourage: <http://members.thinkaccess.net/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/Scripts/> Entourage Help Pages: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/> -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
