Ralf Mardorf wrote: > Averaged computer users very often replace the subject and body of a > message, IOW they only keep the address to write a new mail. They aren't > aware, that they keep some magic note that is hidden in a magical > header. I suspect that Gmail doesn't support it for good reasons.
They do so many other heavy handed things it would be easy if they stripped out the In-Reply-To and References headers if someone completely changed the subject to something different. Still incorrect but at least less annoying. > Mails sorted by thread for the averaged Gmail user would cause much > confusion and claims that Gmail should be buggy. They likely try to > protect users against confusion and Gmail against a bad reputation > for the masses. I don't know Gmail myself, but it sounds like it's > perfectly pimped out for the masses. You are very likely correct considering how popular it is with the masses. Bob
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