[mythtv-users] OT: How to reply to a post in a digest? Was: OT: Outlook inline comments

[Joseph A. Caputo]

Somebody wrote:
>>>>OT: How do I get Outlook to do inline comments, rather than top-post
>>>>(pcjabber AT ec.rr.com if you have any suggestions =)
>
>On a very related OT question: How does one reply to a thread seen in a 
>list digest or in a mail archive, e.g. pipermail to get them nested 
>properly in the tread? And not just show up under the original first 
>question?
>
>I've tried to STFW, but searching for e.g. "mailing list FAQ" or 
>"mailman pipermail digest reply" and such combinations gives 2380456722 
>specific hits e.g. about "Homeopathy Mailing List FAQ"...
>
>Using firebird I post fine when I am subscribed non-digest to a list. 
>Then my replies get nested properly in-context in thread view.
>
>Am I correct in assuming the Message-ID field is the key? If so, aren't 
>digests without Message-IDs just a nuisance to everybody?
>
>Could someone let me know how to reply most correctly with e.g. 
>firebird 
>to a posting seen in a digest or in an archive like pipermail?

I always thought it was based off of the "In-Reply-To" field in the 
header.  Threaded mail readers process this correctly; the gossamer 
archives don't seem to have any way of replying, threaded or not.  As 
far as message digests go... I was receiving MIME digests over the 
holiday, and using KMail at least I was not able to reply to individual 
messages.  Some MUAs will show you the complete header information, so 
in theory you could construct your own "In-Reply-To" field, but few 
MUAs allow you to set that field manually.

As an experiment, this message was sent by clicking the mailto: link at 
the top of the parent message in the pipermail archive.  A quick check 
of the HTML for the page showed me an "In-Reply-To" ID embedded in the 
mailto: link, so if this message shows up properly threaded, you have 
at least one solution.  I'm using Konqueror/KMail; other browser/MUA/
platform combinations are not guaranteed to process the mailto: link in 
the same way.

-JAC