Re: [Evolution] Reading emails and threading

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Sat, 2022-09-24 at 10:23 -0700, Brewster Gillett wrote:
> > On Sat, 2022-09-24 at 08:32 -0500, c. marlow wrote:
> > > I am just curious to know, do any of ya'll read your emails in
> > > threads? 
> > >
> > > Does EVO even support this feature?
> > >
> > > I tried threading once, for about 2 min, and it just seemed too
> > > confusing for me. I think that I like reading each email
> > > separately. 
>
>  Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > It's probably decades since I last read emails *except* in threads,
> > and
> > of course Evolution does support that or I wouldn't use it.
> >
> > Emails in threads are separate from each other, so I'm not sure
> > what
> > you mean by that last sentence.
> >
> > poc
>
> bg: 
>
> Sounds to me like the user is confusing threads with Digest Mode; a
> concept
> that is a trap for the untutored and should have been strangled in
> its crib:-)

We turned off digest mode on this list over five years ago, after
asking for feedback on this list. See:

https://mail.gnome.org/archives/evolution-list/2017-March/msg00023.html

That of course has nothing to do with Evolution itself, which still
supports digest-oriented commands for those who want them on other
lists than this one.

poc