On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 10:44:45 -0500, Carroll Grigsby <cgrigs(a)earthlink.net> wrote:
> The archives, news readers, and
> some mail programs (gmail) can sort messages into conversations based
> on the subject line. If you change the subject line, then the "Solved"
> portion of the message shows up as another thread.
Again, not on real^H^H^H^Hmany mail readers. Also, you are mistaken about the
archives. Both the MARC and Redhat archives *do* preserve threads.
Are you sure about that? Take a closer look at MARC archives. What's
wrong with these threads? They only show the "SOLVED" part of the
thread, but dropped off what led up to the solution. Changing the
subject line made it start a new thread.
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=110931389000001&r=1&w=2
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=110916514900004&r=1&w=2
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=110910991400007&r=1&w=2