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

[Dinbandhu <dinbandhu sprynet com>]

On Sun, 2008-05-11 at 08:50 +0200, Matej Cepl wrote:
> 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.

Thank you, that does make it quite clear.

Swarup