[tlug] Following Threads in Email

[Jim <jep200404@example.com>]

List admin, what comments do you have? 

Stephen, besides recommending emacs, what other comments do you have? 

Ian Wells wrote:

> Jim, not meaning to be awkward, and this is at least in part my mailer's
> fault, but if you change the subject to every single reply you make and then
> make 6 of them my message threader gives up on you and I don't always find
> all the messages you made in reply to the original....

You are not the first one to experience this issue. 

On Wed, 02 Jul 2003 09:33:04 -0400 rfunk@example.com wrote:

> Balint, Jess wrote:
> >p.s. Why do people on this list ALWAYS change the e-mail subject. It makes
> >it nearly impossible for someone who doesn't read every e-mail to follow a
> >conversation!
> 
> Because the subject line should reflect the text below it.  As the
> topic of conversation changes, the subject line should change.
> 
> I suggest that you find a nice threading mailreader.  The two I'm most
> familiar with are mutt and sylpheed, but there are others.  It might
> even be a matter of switching on threading in your current mailreader;
> I missed what program you're using.
> 
> Of course, then you notice that some people on this list like to start
> new threads to continue ongoing conversations, rather than just
> replying within a thread.