Turns out it’s possible to retroactively participate a thread that one hasn’t subscribed to. An example of it happening is here: https://lists.swift.org/pipermail/swift-evolution/Week-of-Mon-20170206/031544.html <https://lists.swift.org/pipermail/swift-evolution/Week-of-Mon-20170206/031544.html>
I wrote about steps to do it: http://dduan.net/2017/02/07/replying-to-old-mailing-list-threads/ <http://dduan.net/2017/02/07/replying-to-old-mailing-list-threads/> I don’t think this fact and method adds to the strength to email-as-a-tool-for-discussion. But it does address a shortcoming that bothered me a lot previously. > On Feb 6, 2017, at 7:18 PM, Daniel Duan <[email protected]> wrote: > > My experiment results shows that email clients does more work to group email > threads than mailman. I’m going to write a blog post about how to participate > retroactively to mailing list discussions. Will keep you updated :) > > >> On Feb 6, 2017, at 7:15 PM, Erica Sadun <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Ah, noted. >> >> However both worked in my inbox >> >> -- E >> >>> On Feb 6, 2017, at 8:04 PM, Daniel Duan <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I only consider this one “worked” since mailman actually associated it >>> under the original thread on lists.swift.org. It seems the “In-Reply-To” >>> header is all the magic required! >>> >>>> On Feb 6, 2017, at 6:47 PM, Daniel Duan <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Terribly sorry for spamming. This will be the last one. >>>> >>>> I've added the `In-Reply-To` header to thunderbird and included the >>>> correct (hopefully!) value from a previous, on-thread message. This email >>>> address was not subscribed to the thread. >>>> >>> >> >
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