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Joe Pluta wrote:
And it shouldn't. The mailing software should be smart enough to use a
change in subject to break the thread, or at least have that as an
option. Obviously, it has to handle RE: but that's not rocket science.
If you look over the entire list, it's clear that the intent of changing
the subject is to break the thread.
Well, that's just not the way it works.
There's are headers in email messages named "message-id", "In-Reply-To", and "References". These headers, in combination, are how most email programs, and the list archiving program, tie threads together ... so, if the subject changes, the messages are still specifically tied together. This is also how a message thread display can be multi-level where specific messages are in reply to another message (i.e., this message will show in the archives as in reply to Joe's response and not to my original post).
Keep in mind that the 'Re:' on a reply is totally optional ... and, depending on the language, might be totally different (i.e., AW:, Antwort:, etc). Mail programs may or may not be able to detect the prefix and the list archiving software has a pre-defined list of Reply prefixes.
If the message-id headers are not present, the list software will try to tie threads together using the subject, but it's a hit or miss kind of thing.
The only way to create a totally new thread is to create a new message addressed to the list.
Take a look at RFC 2822 section 3.6.4 for more information.
david
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