[oclug] Re: pine threads

[Allan McIntosh]

>
>I don't think this is a Linux thing, good mail prgrams will use the
>in-reply and or reference headers when replying to a message.  Of course,
>I am replying to the digest - so This may not sort in any logical place.


Agreed, mail/news readers that sort in this manner illustrate
the literal flow of conversation when you view the expanded threads.

>
> That is why is is good practice to start a new thread with a brand new
> message,

The inconvenience would dissapear if users practiced exactly that.