Kirk Wolf asked Gil:
>Not your question, but is the WWW interface why all of your posts
>break into a new thread? ( at least in a few mailers that I have
>used).
and Gil mentioned header:
> References: <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]> >

Gmail threading is discussed here:
https://developers.google.com/gmail/api/guides/threads
which says, in part:

In order to be part of a thread, a message or draft must meet the following 
criteria:

1.      The requested threadId must be specified on the Message or 
Draft.Message you supply with your request.
2.      The References and In-Reply-To headers must be set in compliance with 
the RFC 2822 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2822#appendix-A.2>  standard.
3.      The Subject headers must match.


If you get the list digested, for example, clipping out a note and replying to 
it creates a new thread, at least in Gmail. This is how I get the list, so I 
cause that a lot, I'm afraid.

Whether it's a Gmail bug/feechur or not is arguable; if I were Gmail, I'd make 
it configurable to JUST base it on Subject, but we know that way 
(configurability) lies madness. OTOH it's pretty dumb to look at Gmail and see 
a half-dozen "threads" with the same subject!

So it seems the www interface (which I was unaware still existed; link?) must 
not be meeting one or both of the first two requirements.


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