On Thu, Feb 03, 2000 at 02:54:41PM -0600, Kent Perrier wrote:
> "Randal L. Schwartz" wrote:
> >
> > >>>>> "John" == John Siracusa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > John> OTOH, it's a lot easier to track and respond to particular
> > John> issues/problems in a threaded setting like Usenet.
> >
> > Hmm. Get a threaded mailreader. It certainly changed my mail
> > reading. :)
>
> Unfortunately, it appears that many of the MUAs that people use do not
> provide necessary information to properly thread the discussions :(
I disagree. Mutt, for example, does a fine job with this mailing list.
I wouldn't want to see it moved to a newsgroup.
Tim.
p.s. I've always used mutt with strict_threads off so it uses other
huristics for threading is references aren't available. Works for me.
As an off-the-cuff example, here's what this thread looks like to me at
the moment (I've used ASCII for the line drawing characters that I see
on screen):
369 D Feb 03 Bill Jones ( 26) Re: RFD: comp.infosystems.www.modperl
370 D Feb 03 John Siracusa ( 14) `->
371 D Feb 03 Randal L. Schwa ( 13) | `->
-> 372 Feb 03 Kent Perrier ( 16) | | `->
373 Feb 03 brian moseley ( 16) | | `->
374 Feb 05 Bill Jones ( 11) | | | `->
375 N Feb 03 Tim Peoples ( 32) | | `->
376 N Feb 03 G.W. Haywood ( 16) | | `->
377 N Feb 05 Bill Jones ( 13) | `->
378 N Feb 04 Ask Bjoern Hans ( 19) `->
379 N Feb 05 Bill Jones ( 18) `->
