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

[Kevin Kuphal]

On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 2:13 PM, Robert Johnston <anaerin at gmail.com> wrote:

>  Andrew Berry wrote:
> > On 24-Jul-08, at 10:49 AM, Robin Hill wrote:
> >
> >> 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 would think that if a digest sent each message as a new mime part,
> > then it would be simple for mailers to implement a 'reply to this
> > section' function. Isn't that one of the advantages of mime anyways?
>
> Fron what I've seen (And this isn't always guaranteed, but is for the
> most part), when there's a Digest being sent out correctly, the mail
> client (should) show it as a load of attached messages, along with
> displaying said messages inline. If you want to reply to a message in
> the thread, you open the attached message, then reply to that, rather
> than replying to the entire digest.
>
> But then, I've not done digest messaging in a LONG time.


Yeah, with the advent of gmail and thunderbird and their handling of
threaded mailing lists, I don't see much reason to digest anymore.

Kevin
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