Re: [Evolution] How to turn off new message notification

[Matej Cepl <mcepl redhat com>]

On 2008-05-09, 20:45 GMT, Dinbandhu wrote:
> oops. sorry about that. Usually I delete the "Re:" but forgot 
> to this time. That is what you are referring to, right?

No, it isn't -- every email has its Message-ID header. Good email 
programs (which includes probably all Linux email clients, 
including Evolution, of course) are able to use these to show 
threads of the email messages. The way it is done with some less 
capable email clients used in other operating systems -- where 
threads are built according to Subjects -- is bad, because there 
is nothing wrong with changing Subject in the middle of the 
thread, actually it is even a good idea, when the discussion 
slides to be something very different from the original post.

Morever, starting new thread by writing new mail, which has 
nothing to do with the previous thread (there is nothing wrong 
with copying email list address to the clipboard from the 
previous message, and creating new email with that), is that your 
email will be on the top level in email clients. If you file your 
question on fifteenth level as a reply to the 
hundred-and-fiftieth message in the thread, your message will end 
buried somewhere deep in all clients, and quite likely it will be 
ignored. If you write a new message with well designed subject 
line, it will be on the top level in email clients and everybody 
will see it.

Best,

MatÄj Cepl