On Feb 14, 2012, at 1:08 AM, Joshua Juran wrote: >> Not to pick on you in particular but it's happening more and more with each >> passing month. > > I recall hearing that certain mail clients disregarded other header fields > when the Subject differed, perhaps to appease such practices, with the > unfortunate effect of tacitly encouraging them further.
ALL email clients will happily sort by subject line; only clients with the view sorting by threads have this problem. (and the execrable Google Groups web interface) For me all mail in in this mail folder are sorted by subject, then date...I never notice that a thread is 'hijacked' until someone complains... -- Bruce Johnson "Wherever you go, there you are" B. Banzai, PhD -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
