[kdepim-users] Threaded messages

[ianseeks]

On Saturday 25 Feb 2012 10:35:11 Anne Wilson wrote:
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> On 25/02/12 08:52, ianseeks wrote:
> > Hi
> > 
> > Can anyone tell me how Kmail decides to put an email in a
> > conversation thread? Its just that my threads get split up and i
> > can have more than one thread for the same subject.  I was
> > wondering if i've configured it wrong in some way.
> 
> There is a header line which starts with "References" and that is used
> for links.  For instance, Andras' reply to you has the line
> 
> References: <1415898.YXqSXs4VDM at linux-k5wg>
> 
> which links it to your message.
> 
> If someone replies from a mailer that doesn't understand or is not set
> up to handle threading information the new message breaks the thread.
>  Sometimes this results in a second thread which should be part of the
> first one.  Hope that explains it well enough.
> 
> In KMail1 you can see all the headers from View > Headers > All.
> Other mailers have similar options.  Thunderbird uses Ctrl+U.

Thanks for the explanation.  I thought it was just something simple like 
comparing the subjects as a start point

regards

Ina
> 
> Anne
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