On Sat, 05 Apr 2014 20:55:12 -0400 (EDT), Tom Furie wrote: > > Thread wasn't broken here. The References: header in Robert's mail > indicates that it was indeed a reply (to his original post on this > thread).
Perhaps I need to explain what I mean by "broken thread". The original post was in March. This is April. The Debian mailing list archives don't allow a thread to span months. Thus, a reply to a message from a previous month has the same effect as starting a new thread, as far as the Debian archives are concerned. There were April messages he could have replied to, such as this one: https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2014/04/msg00156.html which would have preserved the April thread in one piece. Yes, you can click on the "In-Reply-To" link and see the message he is replying to. But the "Previous by thread" link at the bottom of the page points to a different thread, which means that the list considers this message to be the start of a new thread, even though it has an "In-Reply-To" header. See https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2014/04/ for reference purposes. > > I see that you have an In-Reply-To: header, but no References: header. I > also see that you are using Zimbra, perhaps Zimbra needs to be taught > about References: headers. That would be nice, actually. The e-mail client I use does not allow me to edit headers. Fortunately, the "In-Reply-To" field is sufficient for the mailing list archives to properly connect the new post to the thread. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/603207630.680455.1396793164902.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com
