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

["Reinhard Brandstaedter" <Reinhard Brandstaedter jku at>]

On Fri, 2006-11-03 at 13:13 -0500, Trey Sizemore wrote:
> On Fri, 03 Nov 2006 09:13:28 +0100
> "Reinhard Brandstaedter" <Reinhard Brandstaedter jku at> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 2006-11-02 at 20:39 +0100, Andre Klapper wrote: 
> > > hi reinhard,
> > >
> > > Am Donnerstag, den 02.11.2006, 13:56 +0100 schrieb Reinhard
> > > Brandstaedter:
> > > > 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?
> > >
> > > Evolution supports "References:" and "In-Reply-To:" headers.
> > > "Thread-*" headers are Microsoft's proprietary headers and not
> > > supported.
> >
> > It seems to me exactly this doesn't happen!
> > If I switch OFF "Fall back to threading messages by subject" I don't
> > get threads at all!
> > I only get threads when this option is switched to ON but if i thread
> > by subject it's not correct.
> >
> > I've checked the mail sources and they contain the correct header
> > information. KMail for example threads the messages correct, even if
i
> > only thread by header information and not Subject.
> >
> > Reinhard
>
> To get proper threading with a Groupwise backend, you need to use the
> IMAP protocol vs. SOAP for connecting to the mail server.  There's
give
> and take here with regard to appointments and such, but I like my
> threads, so I start Evo with 'USE_IMAP=1 evolution'
>
> Try this and see if it's better for you (as long as IMAP is enabled on
> that server).

Well that solved my problem for the thread view, thanks a lot.
However I have to check if there are problems with appointments this
way.
What is the reason threading doesn't work via SOAP though? Can this be
solved (in a future version maybe?)?

Reinhard