Re: Firewall setting

["A.Sajjad Zaidi" <sajjad@example.com>]

Thanks for that info. Ive seen this happen in other cases where a new thread is
displayed as part of an old one because the "Subject:" part was changed, but didnt
happen here.

Cant find any setting for changing threading. Im using Netscape (4.77).

I do use the same mail reader for the kernel mailing list. No wonder browsing
through the messages takes forever.

asz

shimpei@example.com wrote:

> There are two kinds of threading--"Subject:" based, and "References:"
> based. [1] Your mail reader is using the former method. If you use mail readers
> that support References: based threading, like mutt or gnus, you'll understand
> what Jonathan is talking about.
>
> Mailers using the "Subject:" method simply sorts messages based on
> the "Subject:" line. The "References:" method, on the other hand, constructs
> a tree of messages that show which message is in response to which.
> The References: method is slower and can become confused by messages from
> broken MUA's and non-conforming participants, but it gives you more information
> than the former.
>
> You can cope with TLUG's mailing list using Subject: line threading because it
> is relatively small; if you try to do the same thing with, say, the Linux
> kernel mailing list or a medium-sized discussion newsgroup, you'll lose control
> very quickly. Try using a threading mail reader to track mailing lists
> for a while. You'll never want to go back.
>
> Shimpei.
>
> [1] Technically speaking, "Subject:" based isn't even true threading....
>
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