Re: Mutt Thread Problems was Re: [ILUG] repost with more info ...CVS permissions question

From: Gavin McCullagh (ilug_gmc at domain fiachra.ucd.ie)
Date: Tue 01 Oct 2002 - 10:13:03 IST


On Mon, 30 Sep 2002, kevin lyda wrote:

> i deleted the good places to meet mail so it wasn't there to attach to.
> your mail showed up in an existing (unrelated) thread. that was ok i
> think since you were trying to demo a point.

yeah, that was deliberate.

> everytime i've seen a mail misthreaded it was either due to a matching
> subject or due to a references line due to someone replying to an email.
> the former is just due to the fact that i have mutt setup to do a looser
> threading mode, the latter is due to people replying to things they are
> not replying to.

I have that too and see it cause problems now and then (particularly with a
few friends who send blank subjects). That I understand though.

> i use mutt 1.2.5.

Could be the difference

> btw, in mutt one could make a folderhook for a mailing list folder that
> binds "m" to a macro that starts a new message with the to header seeded
> with the mailing list as the default address (then you can just press
> C-u if you want to send it elsewhere).

I take it this is just a passing tip and not a solution?

Gavin



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