On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 01:54:25PM -0400, zMan wrote: > Sure would be nice if GMail were half as good at threading as COBOL is at > detecting recursive calls. I see TEN different threads with the same > subject. > > (Yes, I understand Message-ID and that some mailers [human or otherwise] > remove it, thus breaking automatic threading, but for discussion > lists--which Google already groks, as it puts these threads into Forums--it > could use a slightly less restrictive algorithm, nu?)
I am not sure if this is gmail's fault. It seems to me, bad messages lack the "In-Reply-To" field in their headers. Some messages from gmail users I have inspected display this field, some do not. Without it, most if not all MUAs (mail user agent - program to read and write emails) cannot process threads correctly. I spend considerable amount of time manually linking broken threads[0] in my MUA, even before I decide if the thread is worth reading. Every time I bless the keyboard shortcuts (never have to touch mouse to read). These come mostly from IBM-MAIN, sometimes from one or two other lists I am subscribed to. A quick inspection suggests that one of the "offenders" [1] does not send his emails via gmail, even as he comes with a gmail address. So perhaps source of the problem lies beyound gmail's domain. [0] To the point when I start thinking this should be computer's job. [1] Bill Woodger, I am looking at you but I am not accusing you, m'kay? But when I send this message, I will chase down your answer to zMan and manually link it. Again... -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer's home ** ** directory. And then the C programmer became enlightened... ** ** ** ** Tomasz Rola mailto:[email protected] ** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
