Using gmail and messages are sorted into threads by subject automatically. (I did have to switch back from digest to regular mode..)
HTH. On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 8:01 PM, Lie Ryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> Message: 6 >> Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:48:39 -0700 >> From: "Timothy Grant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Re: [Tutor] how to read Messages sorted by thread in >> thunderbird >> To: scsoce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Cc: tutor@python.org >> Message-ID: >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 >> > > (snip irrelevant quotes) > If you're subscribed from the digest, when replying, do not quote the > whole digest, instead cut off the parts that is necessary and relevant > to the current thread. If you're creating a new thread, usually you'd > not quote at all. > >> Looks to me like you might be subscribed to the digest instead of >> individual messages. If you're subscribed to the digest, you likely >> have to read the messages in the order the digest provides them. > > I do not know about Thunderbird, but I am using Evolution, and although > I am subscribed to the digest, I can get the "regular listing" on the > thread I'm following by replying in this way: > 1. Make sure the Subject line matches the thread (and add RE: if > necessary) > 2. In the To: Field, insert tutor@python.org > 3. In the CC line, insert the email of original poster, and people who > has followed the thread (usually in the To and CC field of the email you > are replying to). > > Evolution (possibly Thunderbird too) would group related emails > (although its detection is a bit weak and reserved). > >> -- >> Stand Fast, >> tjg. [Timothy Grant] >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
