On Tue, 2005-03-01 at 14:33 -0500, Charles E Taylor IV wrote:
> On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 11:35:20 -0600
> David Hoffman <dhoffman2004(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > The archives are sorted by subject line. Here's a quick example. The
> > two links below go to two DIFFERENT threads on the same archive site.
> > The only reason they were listed as different threads is because
> > "SOLVED" was added to the subject line. These links only lead to a
> > test message, but there are many other instances that I have found on
> > the same archive site that do the same thing. (And the same is true
> > for the redhat archive site).
> >
> >
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=110930289600001&r=1&w=2
> >
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=110931389000001&r=1&w=2
>
> ... but the official archives sorts this thread correctly. Isn't the
> issue really that the marc archive has broken threading?
>
> For example, see
>
>
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2005-February/thread.html
>
> The "Test, please ignore" messages are sorted this way:
>
> # Test, Please ignore., Gustavo Seabra
> * Re: Test, Please ignore. [Solved], Gustavo Seabra
> o Re: Test, Please ignore. [Solved], jim lawrence
>
> (in other words, adding "solved" does NOT break the thread.
This is because the tool handling the threading is using the References:
headers in the email to do it, rather than the naive Subject:-based
method used by the MARC-archives.
Paul.
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Paul Howarth <paul(a)city-fan.org>