Hi Matt,
Yes - sorry about the wrong name.
FWIW I'm using Lotus Notes - although not really by choice! As I'm at work
I don't get a choice of mail readers, let alone operating systems.

I must admit to being one who uses previous messages to change topics - too
lazy to re-type _whatever the correct address is_  (piclist@mit.edu ?).
I'll try & memd my ways - I wasn't aware that it could cause a problem.

RP



                                                                                                                                
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Hi Richard,

On Tue, May 10, 2005 at 12:34:25PM +1200, Richard.Prosser@Powerware.com
wrote:
>
> John
> What mail reader are you using ? - looks quite usefiul.

I assume you're replying to me and not John, since you included my message
below. :) I use the Mutt mail reader under linux; it's a console
application. If you're going to read mail from the console it's better than
Pine IMO.

What mail reader are you using that didn't quote the message you were
replying to? I couldn't tell from the headers... After sending the first
message on this topic I'm ashamed that my nerd score wasn't higher. :(

Matthew (who is a geek, not a nerd!)

> Hi John,
>
> On Mon, May 09, 2005 at 07:49:42PM -0400, John Hansen wrote:
> > I'm one of the people who does this.  Up until your message, I didn't
> > realize that this caused a problem.  I guess I was under the impression
> > that threads were defined by the subject and if the subject changed, it
> > would be interpretted as a new thread.  If this is not the case, what
> > field is keyed on to determine whether something is a thread or not?
>
> It is the In-Reply-To field. For this message the field is:
> In-Reply-To: <427FF716.1020907@fredonia.edu>
>
> The value of this field is supposed to be a globally unique id generated
by
> your mail reader. If a mail reader groups messages only by subject then
> there is no way to tell who responded to whom (and thus can't display the
> messages in a threaded view), the In-Reply-To field gets around this
> problem.
>
> Thanks for your interest! :)
>
> Take care, Matthew.




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