Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Following message threads

[Stephen Bohm <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I still prefer to use PINE to read my mail, but so far I haven't seen any
options like that.  Anything I can do besides switching mail readers?

Steve


On Thu, 1 Mar 2001, Scott Hussey wrote:

> Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 14:32:17 -0600
> From: Scott Hussey <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
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> Subject: Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Following message threads
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> > 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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