Re: Threading of messages

[Jack <ostroffjh users sourceforge net>]

On 2017.03.03 10:36, Jack wrote:
> On 2017.03.02 20:10, Peter Bloomfield wrote:
> > On 02/23/2017 09:00:36 AM Thu, Peter Bloomfield wrote:
> ..
> > > 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.
> >
> > I pushed a patch to master (commit  
> > 5bcf76a1ea70d9b775ed3278bb27abed66a500ba) that should fix at least  
> > part of the threading and sorting issue. It may add some overhead  
> > when messages are either added to or removed from a mailbox. If you  
> > get a chance to test it, please share your observations.
>
> Hi Peter,
>
> Only used it for a short time so far, but it looks good for me.   
> First few mailboxes seemed threaded on opening (mbox and maildir).   
> Found one mailbox not initially threaded (JWX with date ascending  
> sort) but the threading was there after closing and relaunching Balsa  
> (caching?).  I wont have much time to play with it more carefully  
> until next week.
However, when my reply arrived, it was moved to a "balsa" folder per a  
filter, but stayed at the bottom until I manually re-threaded, when it  
moved into the correct place within the thread.  Not sure if that  
particular issue was something you addressed yet or not.