In the last episode (Sep 23), Peter Leftwich said:
> I wonder... with majordomo's and mail lists in general, when someone
> replies and modifies the Subject line, is the thread broken and future
> search engine results dissociated? Or do threads rely on "Message-ID"
> codes in the full headers? Yes I realize this should be posted instead to
> something like [EMAIL PROTECTED] ;-)
It's up to your email client (not the mailinglist) to thread messages,
and the algorithm most use is to thread messages together based on
References: and In-Reply-To: headers, and optionally tack leftover
messages into those threads based on the subject header. References:
and IRT: are always honored, even if the subject is different.
For example, if you're using Mutt, messages without References: or IRT:
(but with a matching subject) are placed by date within the thread and
marked with a *. If you're reading a list on the web threaded by
MHonArc, they are relegated to the bottom of the thread, below a
<Possible-follow-ups> spacer.
Simply replying to a message but changing the subject will not break a
thread. The safest way to create a new thread based on an existing
thread is to manually copy your "parent" message into a textfile or X
clipboard, start a fresh new message, pase the parent in, trim, and add
"> " yourself (or have your editor do it if it has a "paste as
quotation" function.
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