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Re: [META] Threading [Was: Bypass large files with filter]

2006-02-09 00:10:03

Google> I think Eudora threads using the Subject and the References
Google> headers, not the IRT, but as I recall part of the issue is the
Google> time-stamping.  It is putting Sean's posts first because it
Google> thinks Sean's posts are earlier based on him being way over in
Google> the Pacific time zone and Eudora has been piss-poor about
Google> accounting for time zones for going on a decade now.

Ian> It is not just a matter of order.  The immediate parent Message-ID
Ian> just isn't in Sean's References _at all_.  At least the way I get
Ian> his posts.  The In-Reply-To is set correctly.

Ian> So as Gerald said, it comes down to whether the MUA prefers
Ian> In-Reply-To or References when spinning the thread.  I looked at
Ian> the Gnus code if it could be tweaked and I almost had to run to the
Ian> bathroom :-(

Ian> Harry, what version of Gnus do you use?

Just to clarify a possible misunderstanding - the bug I mean is in
Sean's MUA, not mine.  How Eudora spins threads when reading is
irrelevant, it's the way Eudora inserts References into posts.

-- 
A true pessimist won't be discouraged by a little success.

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