Re: [Evolution] Thread Message View, Calendar View and general UI

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Thu, 2006-11-02 at 13:56 +0100, Reinhard Brandstaedter wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-11-02 at 07:31 -0400, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > On Thu, 2006-11-02 at 10:07 +0100, Reinhard Brandstaedter wrote:
> > > 1.) Threaded Messages:
> > > I have folders on my mailbox that contain mailing lists. I expected
> a
> > > decent way to handle message threads. If I switch on "Thread
> > > Messages" (Ctrl-T) in the mailing list folder the messages are not
> > > threaded though. What could be the reason for that? Maybe Groupwise
> > > related? Are messages not recognized as belonging to one thread?
> > 
> > Don't know about Groupwise, but it could also be the mailing list
> > manager. You might try Edit->Preferences->Mail
> > Preferences->General->Fall back to threading messages by subject.
> 
> Yes I get some threaded messages now but they are far from correct.
> 
> e.g. i get:
> 
> >Subject
> -> Re: Subject
> -> Re: Subject
> 
> although it should be
> >Subject
> ->Re:Subject
> -->Re:Subject
> 
> What information is used for threading if i don't use the fall back
> method by subject. Maybe the information is stripped by groupwise or any
> virus scanner?

I believe Evo uses the In-Reply-To header (which is the correct way to
do threading) but some other clients or mailing lists may not preserve
it. I'm really guessing here.

poc