On Feb 17, 2007, at 11:24 AM, Michael Diehr wrote:
I'm definitely glad that the mailing list is back up, as in many
ways I think the UI of a mailing list is better for me and how I work.
HOWEVER, there is one big flaw as I see it -- the problem of reply-
followups that change the thread topic.
My mail program (Apple Mail.app) threads messages based on an
internal thread ID. Therefore, all replies to a message stay
within that thread, even if the message subject changes. This is
generally OK.
What's not OK though, is when people reply to an old message with
the intent of starting a new thread -- in this case we end up with
a brand new thread that's intermixed with the old one.
I realize one answer to this problem is "Don't do that!" but for
many folks, it's just way easier to hit the "reply" button in their
mail program than choosing "Create new message", Address to
realbasic-nug, then create a subject, etc.
How do we solve this?
Here's one idea: What if the mailing list program was configured
to automatically generate a new thread ID from any "reply to"
message where the subject was changed? In other words, any
time you changed the subject of an email thread it would
automatically create a new thread.
Thoughts?
This complaint surfaces from time to time. I remember the last round
with this thread, those of use with threaded mail readers were told
to "stop expecting others to adhere to our preferred way of reading
mail." So I gave up on the issue.
Roger M. Clary
Class One Software
http://www.classonesoftware.com
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
_______________________________________________
Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode:
<http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/>
Search the archives:
<http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
