Re: mail vs. news ???

Hi Andrew,

--On Saturday, February 22, 2003 10:05 AM +0000 Andrew Gierth 
<andrew(_at_)erlenstar(_dot_)demon(_dot_)co(_dot_)uk> wrote:
| Mail systems do not appear to make any actual use of the message-id
| header other than for logging (and internally in some odd systems).

Message-ID, In-Reply-To and References are an integral part of 'threading' 
email messages - its not just news. Email clients that do threading will 
typically use those. The IMAP THREAD extension also uses those.
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Cyrus Daboo