TLITXT resource only effective for follow-up messages?

In an email folder conversion to HTML with MHonArc 2.0.0 alpha 2, I am
using the following specification in the resource file for the appearance
of links to messages from the thread index: 

  <TLITXT>
  <STRONG>$SUBJECT$</STRONG><BR>
    <EM>From</EM>: $FROMNAME$<BR>
    <EM>Date (Year/Month/Day)</EM>: $YYMMDD$<P>
  </TLITXT>

The resulting output in the thread index follows that specification, but
ONLY for follow-up messages, not for those at the "beginning of a thread"
-- they still appear according to the default value, which is: 

  <TLITXT>
  ($NUMFOLUP$) <STRONG>$SUBJECT:40$</STRONG>, <EM>$FROMNAME$</EM>
  </TLITXT>

Here is an example (from test-conversion of older messages of the DIGLIB
mailing list) of the appearance of one "beginning-of-thread" message and
two "possible follow-ups": 

  (0) Re: Storage problems, IFLA 

       <Possible follow-up(s)>
       Re: Storage problems
       From: Kuny Terry 
       Date (Year/Month/Day): 95/09/18

       Re: Storage problems
       From: Kuny Terry 
       Date (Year/Month/Day): 95/09/22


Another example (from test-conversion of messages of the Pine-Info mailing
list), here of one "beginning-of-thread" message, an explicit follow-up,
and a possible follow-up:

  (1) Re: Got Problems???, George Machiavello 

       Re: Got Problems???
       From: Ed Greshko 
       Date (Year/Month/Day): 96/11/01

       <Possible follow-up(s)>
       Re: Got Problems???
       From: kirank
       Date (Year/Month/Day): 96/11/04


Is there a way to make the TLITXT customization take effect equally for
both original and followup message listing?  TIA,

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  Stefan Kramer                   skramer(_at_)cac(_dot_)washington(_dot_)edu
  University of Washington        Computing & Communications 
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