Geoff Welsh wrote:
presumably, the "Ignore Thread" option under the Message dropdown (Mac
main menu) will keep SM from downloading any more posts with the same
subject. At least that's how I think it works...seems to work like
that. (nothing in Help on "ignore")
This is quite useful when a crossposted spam/flame war starts in a
newsgroup you like to read.
But, if the subject title itself was rather mild, from a wording
standpoint, then a legit (new) thread with the same subject title may
/someday/ start and you would never see it.
so where is the kill-file/ignore-thread list stored?, and can you edit
it? or just delete it?
You're assuming that a thread is defined by the subject line. But that's
not how SeaMonkey (and other good programs) thread messages. See RFC822:
<http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2822>
The "In-Reply-To:" and "References:" fields are used when creating a
reply to a message. They hold the message identifier of the original
message and the message identifiers of other messages (for example, in
the case of a reply to a message which was itself a reply). The
"In-Reply-To:" field may be used to identify the message (or messages)
to which the new message is a reply, while the "References:" field may
be used to identify a "thread" of conversation.
When creating a reply to a message, the "In-Reply-To:" and "References:"
fields of the resultant message are constructed as follows:
The "In-Reply-To:" field will contain the contents of the "Message-ID:"
field of the message to which this one is a reply (the "parent
message"). If there is more than one parent message, then the
"In-Reply-To:" field will contain the contents of all of the parents'
"Message-ID:" fields. If there is no "Message-ID:" field in any of the
parent messages, then the new message will have no "In-Reply-To:" field.
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For more, follow the link; the explanation doesn't end there.
For a more user-friendly explanation, go here:
<http://people.dsv.su.se/~jpalme/ietf/message-threading.html>
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