[TriLUG] Just a test...

Ron Kelley rkelleyrtp at gmail.com
Mon Mar 15 11:16:00 EDT 2010


FYI - I have the same exact problem starting new messages using the Mac Mail program.  Happens on at least 3 separate Mac machines...

-Ron




On Mar 14, 2010, at 8:55 PM, Kevin Hunter wrote:

> At 8:37pm -0400 Sun, 14 Mar 2010, Rodney Radford wrote:
>> Hmmm, this message is also listed as reply to the android thread, 
>> so at least it is consistent in behavior.
> 
> That's a good question.  I wonder if it's a bug in Mailman?  My mail
> client has threaded everything properly:
> 
> New thread: What's Android all about?
> 
> New thread: WTB: Used Linux Laptop
> 
> New thread: Just a test...
>  Re: Just a test...
> 
> Three different threads, 4 different messages.  As far as I understand
> it, the key bits most mail clients look for in the message source is the
> "References" and "In-Reply-To" headers.  (Ctrl+U for you Thunderbird
> users out there.)  I don't see them in either of the two new threads you
> tried to start, so I'm at a loss to explain why Mailman has threaded
> them the way it has.
> 
> Not that it addresses the problem you've found, but I at least can say
> that my favorite non-web mail client doesn't create the problem.  Have
> you considered a non-web based avenue (for more reasons than just this!)?
> 
> Anyone else know why Mailman's threading it the way it is?
> 
> http://www.trilug.org/pipermail/trilug/Week-of-Mon-20100308/thread.html
> 
> Kevin
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