Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Following message threads

[Scott Hussey <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

> Has anyone thought of writing an interface that allows following message
> threads on the mailing list?  For example, each message would contain a
> pointer to the message before it and the message after it (in the same
> thread), and readers could press a different key (other than for next and
> previous) to follow one specific thread.  Would this be hard to implement?
> I thought of it when thinking about sometimes lots of people give the same
> answer to a question because they don't read the messages of those that
> have replied before them.

You already have this in that if you look at the full set of headers in your
message, you'll notice a message id and if it is a reply, usually it will have
a references id. This allows chaining of replies to create a thread. Netscape
Mail Reader allows you to group by thread through this.

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Scott Hussey
IATS Unix Systems Support
EMAIL:PROTECTED



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