On 05/04/2025 03:35, Andy Smith wrote:
Do you understand that Max and I are saying that the way the web UI for
gmail and other large mailbox providers works is that as soon as you
change a subject line it breaks the thread and places those mails in
their own separate group?
Disclaimer: I have not tried mail services other than Gmail. I expect
that at least quality of implementation for this feature varies across them.
The worst thing with Gmail, from my point of view, is that it still may
sometimes send a message with In-Reply-To and full set of References
despite completely new subject and no quote from original message. It is
even more confusing that intermediate drafts (inspected through IMAP, I
have not found a way to do it in the web application) may lack References.
My points:
- Sending a reply from the Gmail web application, do not edit subject.
Either keep it as is or compose a new message.
- If you are marking subject as "[SOLVED]" then do not expect that all
recipients will notice it. (After all, it resembles to what some mailing
lists are adding to every message.)
