Braden, Braden McDaniel wrote:
On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 12:58:46 -0800, Thomas Witt wrote:
I see you're using Thunderbird. You can configure it to thread properly by setting these options in user.js:
user_pref("mail.thread_without_re", false); user_pref("mail.strict_threading", true);
You will need to delete your *.msf files so that Thunderbird can regenerate them.
Thanks for the info. I was not aware of that.
The unfortunate fact of the matter is that, by and large, this behavior is deliberate. Apparently the perception on the part of the developers of mail clients that group unrelated messages with matching subjects is that their users demand this functionality.
The solution, then, is for users who find this functionality objectionable either to change it or to use a different mail reader that functions as desired. The solution is not for persons to start adding arbitrary noise to the subjects of their e-mail.
Frankly, you are missing the point. These messages are important (at least I think so). I don't want them to be lost in a random thread. I.e. I want a subject line that avoids threading whatever client or default configuration is used. More important I want it now and I don't want to educate otherwise busy people about their client/configuration choice to get there. That being said I do agree in general and I never intended to set a general policy for messages other than regression notifications. Regards Thomas -- Thomas Witt witt@acm.org