[email protected] wrote:
>> I am using Thunderbird on WinXP and have messages sorted by thread. The
>> messages from the new list address sort perfectly, under the correct OP
>> and in the correct order.
>
> I did not say that they wouldn't appear to sort correctly in any
> particular email client, especially with so few messages having been
> posted thru the new server/list to date. I said that they will probably
> default to sorting by Subject (and Date) since the msg that In-Reply-To
> (and/or References) refers to doesn't exist on your machine. This could
> lead to incorrect threading, especially as the number of messages from
> the new server accumulate on your machine. If you don't keep LUG posts
> around for very long, and your email client is one that threads by
> Subject/Date as a last resort, odds are you probably will never see a
> problem.
>
> I use Agent as an email client. If I turn off "Enable Threading by
> Subject", msgs from the new server don't get threaded at all because the
> headers necessary to properly thread the msgs are unusable. Msgs from
> the old server do get threaded properly with this option turned off
> because the old server served headers that could be used.
>
> I was just trying to send a heads-up to the list.
>
I know.  And I was just adding some more info.

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