On Tue, Jan 02, 2024 at 03:26:03AM +0000, Andy Smith wrote: > Hello, > > On Mon, Jan 01, 2024 at 07:32:18PM -0700, Charles Curley wrote: > > If one changes subject, would it not be better to simply start a new > > thread? With most mail readers threading using the In-Reply-To header, > > the new subject would get buried in the old thread. > > Personally I prefer that. I appreciate being able to break out > sub-threads that seem interesting, instead of having that decision > made for me.
I'd tend to leave the (real, In-Reply-To:, References:) thread intact as long as there's still a relation and to actively break the thread when the relation was lost. But of course, change the Subject: appropriately. Here I try an example :) > But in any case, ~30% of the posters of this list (the largest > single constituency) use gmail which I recently learned will break > such emails out to appear to be in a different "conversation" > anyway. Why cater to gmail users and Google's interests? That's on their plate to complain to Google if their mail reader is garbage (I try to be friendly to them by putting a [was: ...] in the Subject: relating to the old one. Either they sort it out manually or they let their fancy AIs do it for them -- and sneak in some targeted advertising if their overlords feel like it). The other 70% are more important to me anyway. Cheers -- t
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