Threading and digests

[Ben Scott]

On 3/28/07, Ric Werme <ewerme at comcast.net> wrote:
>>   Switching your settings from "plain text" to a MIME digest will
>> solve this problem for you ...
>
> Umm, given that you're the list administrator, you might have done a
> little research to see how I was subscribed.

  I don't go poking around in the subscriber list unless someone has
requested assistance, or the system is showing signs of distress.  I
try to respect privacy as much as possible, even if we're not equipped
to guarantee it.

>>   If you don't use a MIME-aware mail reader, get one, it's the 21st
>> century, man.  ;-)
>
> Sorry, I've been earning my living from computers since 1969, I have a
> lot of respect for 20th century tools.

  Get off my lawn!  :)

  MIME actually dates back to circa 1989, anyway.

> I'm sort of thinking of sending group mail to a gnhlug directory
> and reading it with nn, which I was quite fond last century.

http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.linux.gnhlug

> So, I was under the impression that preserving the thread history
> needed the "References:" line in the mail header.

  It actually depends on the mail software.  Some software looks for
"References" headers; some software looks at dates and subjects; some
uses both.

  But threading is a presentation issue.  If you're using a MIME-aware
reader, and you tell it to reply to one of the messages in a MIME
digest, that should be just like replying to any other message.  That
includes adding "References".  Yes?

> Hmm, the edit page mentions:
> Which topic categories would you like to subscribe to?

  I'll reply to this with a separate thread/subject.

> Gotta run - crisis just walked in.

  I call them "users".  :)

-- Ben

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