On 28 September 2010 23:16, Maarten Vanraes <[email protected]> wrote: > Op dinsdag 28 september 2010 18:42:21 schreef Ahmad Samir: > [...] >> Go on using gmail like you do; I've been using it with all the >> Mandriva ML's for the past 1-2years (web mail via firefox, I didn't >> use any email clients) and I didn't get any complaints of breaking >> threads when I post/reply to the ML(s). >> >> You see, when sending emails gmail does send the message headers and >> everything properly. >> >> Gmail differs in just how it *groups* the received emails in threads >> (called conversations in the gmail world). The example I gave, about >> the bugs mailing list, is a good one, when the subject line changes >> gmail splits the thread (when you reply to an ML thread you're not >> changing the subject line); an email client would be more thorough and >> see that it's the same thread even though one word changed in the >> subject line (bugzilla adds the keyword to the subject line, e.g. >> NEEDINFO). But that's probably a corner case. > [...] > > Not to mention that if you're using gmail and you send an email to a mailing > list, you never know if it was delivered or not, because the mail you send is > the start of the conversation, you never get your own email. If you'd use IMAP > on gmail accounts, you'd see it much clearer, because instead of > conversations, your sent email is in a Sent folder. (which sometimes leads to > double emails on the list) > > I can understand that webbased emails are the best solution for some people, > but it doesn't have to be gmail; noone is even saying you can't for example > install a squirrelmail or similar on your home-server. (it's an option) >
Actually I always find the emails I send to any of the ML's, if I am the one who started a thread, under "Sent Mail" in Gmail. -- Ahmad Samir
