>>>>-----Original Message----- >>>>From: Mark Sapiro [mailto:m...@msapiro.net] >>>>Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 11:56 AM >>>>To: Gerrat Rickert; mailman-users@python.org >>>>Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Outlook Indenting messages >>>> >>>>Gerrat Rickert wrote: >>>> >>>>>Recently, and in the past, when posting to a python mailing list >(not >>>>>this one specifically), my message has been indented and placed >under >>>>>the last message (of a completely unrelated post). >>>>>-ie. it looks like I've hijacked a thread. >>>> >>>> >>>>I assume you are talking about your message in the pipermail archive. >>>>If so, can you point at one such in the archives of a list? >>><snip> >>> >>>Yes, this message: >>>http://twistedmatrix.com/pipermail/twisted-python/2009-June/019859.ht m >l >> >> >>I see the incorrect threading of the above message in the index >><http://twistedmatrix.com/pipermail/twisted-python/2009-June>. I also >>see other threading anomalies in the same index. >> >>I downloaded the twisted-python.mbox/twisted-python.mbox file from >>twistedmatrix.com and built the May and June archive from it in a test >>2.1.9 Mailman. For example at the end of >><http://twistedmatrix.com/pipermail/twisted-python/2009-June> I see > ><snip> >
>>--------------------------------------------------------------- >> >>You can see in the twistedmatrix.com index two cases where the second >>post in a thread is indented to level 3 instead of level 1 which is >>clearly wrong. You can also see that in the archive I built, your >>thread starts at level 0 as it should. >> >>Also note that this apparently has nothing to do with Outlook.. There >>is a similarly indented post in early June - >> >>[Twisted-Python] Application Design help - Concurrent but not Protocols >>based. Senthil Kumaran >> >>and the posting MUA in that case was Mutt. >> >>Also see >><http://twistedmatrix.com/pipermail/glyph-discuss/2009-May/thread.html > >>where the only two posts (spam) are both indented to level 1. >> >>Does this occur only on twistedmatrix.com lists? There is clearly >>something wrong with the archiving process on that site, but I can't >>duplicate it in a stock 2.1.9 environment. > > >Thanks for your detailed investigation, Mark. >I may have misremembered how a previous posting of mine was mis-indented >(...postings were from a few years back, and it may have just been that >my replies were shown at the top level instead of indented - I believe >this may have been an old bug with Outlook specifically). > >I don't have any other examples from other mailing lists, so let's >assume it's just the twistedmatrix.com list for now. >I'll forward this thread to their mailing list administrator to >investigate. > >Thanks again for your help. >Regards, > Gerrat I have (a little) more info about this now, Mark (another list that this type of thing is happening on). This was a posting on the twisted-python mailing list (on which I had the indentation issue): >I was reminded of this thread when I came across what appears to be the >same bug on the Tahoe list: > > http://allmydata.org/pipermail/tahoe-dev/2009-July/thread.html > >Notice multiple posts in threads they don't look like they belong to, as >well as many threads which have nonsensical levels of indentation. > >I'm not sure if anyone ever answered your question about twisted- >python's mailman installation being "stock" or not. If not, then I >think I can confirm that it is. There is also no configuration that >would alter this behavior, as far as I know. We've probably set a few >options via the admin interface, but I don't think any of those should >affect this behavior. > >Jean-Paul The twisted python mailing list is running on: "unmodified mailman 1:2.1.9-9ubuntu1 install", and the Tahoe list is using: "2.1.9-4ubuntu1" Could this be an ubuntu-specific issue? Thanks, Gerrat ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9
