On Sun, Dec 12, 2021 at 04:06:48PM -0800, Dave Hayes wrote: > On Sun, 12 Dec 2021 21:52:49 +0000 > Chris Green <c...@isbd.net> wrote: > > On Sun, Dec 12, 2021 at 01:16:12PM -0800, Dave Hayes wrote: > > > On Fri, 10 Dec 2021 15:24:15 +0000 > > > "Dr. David Kirkby" <drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk> wrote: > > > > Can't people reply to an existing thread, without creating another one? > > > > > > > > > > There are specific headers (e.g. References, In-Reply-To) that have to be > > > present for most mail clients to thread properly. The exclusion of those > > > headers is often a mail client issue and often happens without the > > > awareness of the responder. Thus, it may not be their intention to do > > > this. > > > :) > > > > The Message-ID: is what should be used, that's the fundamental reason > > for having a Message-ID:. Using anything else is second best. > > That is always used and mostly present. However, there's nothing to compare > it to unless you at least have an "In-Reply-To" header. Otherwise, how do you > know a message has been replied to?
Yes, of course, if someone's mail client doesn't put the Message-ID: there then there's not much one can do. My mail client will thread using the Subject: if required but it's far from the 'right' way to do it. -- Chris Green _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
