On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 9:21 AM, Carl Youngblood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

> One thing I've noticed that seems to have influenced my decision is that I
> used to be very controlling about how I stored my email.  I had to have
> folders for everything and file my messages away in folders on a regular
> basis.  I've noticed that many programmer-types feel this same strong desire
> for absolute order and control.
>

I forgot to complete this thought.  I was going to say that the desire for a
message tree seems to go along with this desire for an extreme level of
control.

Most of the time I can quickly and easily pick up the context of a message
because the sender quotes other messages appropriately.  In fact, I believe
that, for the most part, common sense dictates that one's message should
stand fairly well on its own without referring to a bunch of unquoted stuff.
 Otherwise you run the risk of having someone misunderstand you.  This
usually ends up eliminating the need for a tree view for me, although I can
see how some people would still want it.

Carl

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