On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 2:30 PM, PETER EASTHOPE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Folk, > > Once or twice the list server has connected > the thread after I've copied the subject line > verbatim. Usually the thread gets broken and > complaints follow. Does anyone see why this > happens? ... With the server, not the humans. > > Is there a way to ensure that the thread is maintained, > given that I compose the reply in a Web based MUA? >
Because threading is done by message id (see headers) and not actually replying to the thread loses the continuity of the message/reference ids. Basically, if you don't reply you're starting a new thread. -- Vikki Roemer Registered Linux user #280021 "Sometimes the lights all shinin' on me; Other times I can barely see. Lately it occurs to me what a long, strange trip its been." -- Grateful Dead, "Truckin'" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
