Re: Threading of messages

[Peter Bloomfield <PeterBloomfield bellsouth net>]

Hi Jack:

On 03/03/2017 10:49:01 AM Fri, Jack wrote:
> On 2017.03.03 10:39, Jack wrote:
> > On 2017.03.03 10:36, Jack wrote:
> > > 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.

Thanks for testing!

> > 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.
>
> I give up trying to understand.  This message immediately showed up correctly threaded.  Maybe it's just me, 
> but something seems non-deterministic.  It's also possible I'm not paying attention to some relevant detail.  
> I think perhaps in the previous case, the folder was already open, so the message went to the bottom.  In 
> this case, it was closed, so got fully threaded when it was openend.

That's likely the reason: the code has to check whether the folder is open, and the intent is to schedule an 
immediate rethreading when a message is added to an open folder. Apparently the reality is different from the 
intent!

Peter