On Tue, 16 Aug 2016 22:51:18 +0200, Tomasz Rola wrote: >On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 12:57:45PM -0400, zMan wrote: >> Tomasz, >> >> I understand. But the MUAs mostly link by Subject: line; > >Uhum, I am not sure what you mean. But if I read you right this >time[0], I was "always" sure the proper way to link one message to >another is by utilising information from other header fields - maybe >using "Subject" as a last resort. Fields like "List-Id", "List-Owner", >sometimes "Reply-To", and last but not least, "In-Reply-To". > That "last" should be first. It's the Right Way.
>> I'm suggesting that GMail could do the same, at least for notes >> classified as "Forums". "We have the technology"... > Alas, the Internet has deteriorated to supporting the dumbest users at the cost of restricting function for the smarter. Much of the criterion is to restrict the number of phone calls to tech support, the preponderance of which come from those dumbest users. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
