On 25-Jun-2003/07:36 -0500, "Benjamin J. Weiss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> It's been a long time since I've used it but I seem to remember getting >> somewhat sidetracked when a new subject would appear in the middle of a >> thread even then. At any rate, I'm sure it will become apparent within >> the first 24 hours of reading the list after he sets it up. > >I'm not sure *what* it's doing. It threads some stuff correctly, but then I >see posts with the same subject that aren't with the other, threaded, >messages. I don't know if it's because other folks are doing the same weird >things I was, or if the outlook express client can't thread properly.
Those orphaned messages are probably the result of a non-conformant mailer. Real threading is done by tracking the References and In-Reply-To headers. If you check, you'll probably find that those headers are missing from the orphaned messages. Tony -- Anthony E. Greene <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP Key: 0x6C94239D/7B3D BD7D 7D91 1B44 BA26 C484 A42A 60DD 6C94 239D AOL/Yahoo Messenger: TonyG05 HomePage: <http://www.pobox.com/~agreene/> Linux. The choice of a GNU generation <http://www.linux.org/> -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
