[mythtv-users] If I get the digest, how do I reply correctly?

[Robin Hill]

On Thu Jul 24, 2008 at 09:00:01AM -0400, Eric Mesa wrote:

> So I've been hearing a lot recently about how threading gets messed up if
> someone just changes the subject of the email and replies.  I knew hijacking
> threads was wrong, but I didn't know things were messed up just from
> changing the subject.  I've been seeing this over and over on all the
> mailing lists I"ve been on.
> 
Just changing the subject shouldn't mess up threading, and should be
done if the thread topic does diverge.  What does mess things up is
people replying to a thread but with a totally new message (i.e. hitting
reply, then writing a new message instead of a reply).  This causes what
should be a new thread to end up stuck in the middle of an existing one.

> But how do I reply properly if I receive daily digests?  I don't want to get
> individual emails because even with just digests my inbox gets pretty filled
> up from all the mailing lists I'm on.  So how can I properly reply to, for
> example, my satellite email?
> 
Almost certainly, you can't - none of the digest software I've used has
included the message IDs in the digest.  These are what's used to tie
together the messages in a thread (and are why changing the subject
shouldn't affect threading).

I don't find unthreaded messages (as from those replying to digests, or
with broken mail clients) to be too much of an issue though - at least
you can see them, whereas starting a new mail in the middle of a thread
often causes it to be missed altogether.

Cheers,
    Robin
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