Re: Threading of messages

[Peter Bloomfield <PeterBloomfield bellsouth net>]

Hi All:

On 02/22/2017 03:32:27 PM Wed, Albrecht Dreß wrote:
> Hi Jack & Andreas:
>
> Am 15.02.17 17:26 schrieb(en) Andreas Schmidt:
> > > In 2013, one of the develors said:  "At one time Balsa would rethread on every mailbox change, and it was 
> > > intrusive, so it was decided to defer it; evidently, it's now deferred too long!  One issue is that it's difficult to 
> > > rethread in a sub-thread because of the display interactions.  We need to revisit that."
> > >
> > > I think it simply hasn't been revisited yet.  Not sure how to push it higher on the list, unless one of the 
> > > developers happens to be interested.
> > Well, I guess replacing libesmtp is more important right now -- that concerns core functionality, the sorting 
> > is a minor issue in this light.
>
> Well, the libesmtp replacement is in for testing...  I'm not sure if it's really complete, but at least I got 
> no complaints yet.  It will be *really* helpful if you check the latest git code and give feedback, about 
> both the smtp functionality and the changed config gui.
>
> And I fully agree with you that the broken sorting/threading is really annoying, and should be fixed!  Such 
> an important issue being postponed for 3 or 4 years is not acceptable.
>
> > > I'm sure patches would be welcome, but it's a bit beyond my abilities.
> > Beyond mine, too, I'm afraid. Getting new versions and complaining (i.e. writing bug reports) is what I could 
> > do. :-)
>
> For me too.  I didn't write the code, and I don't know who actually added (or disabled) it.  Maybe Peter 
> knows more?  Peter, are you listening?

Listening :-)

It's been a long time since I looked at that code, and I need to get familiar with it again. As I recall, sorting and 
threading are implemented uniformly for all types of "local" mailboxes (i.e., not POP or IMAP), but caching 
the structure between sessions may be implemented differently for Mbox, MH, and Maildir. It would help to know if the 
issue is seen in all types or in only one type.

Best,

Peter