Hi folks,
Sorry for that Geany-OT posting... but please be so kind and take some second to check whether your mail client is respecting the threading when answering a post. I've got a lot of spitted up threads here and it's really annoying and time consuming to put them together again.
In details: When answering a post, your mail client (or at latest yout mail server) should add a message ID to your mail. This can be checked in source of your mail and looks similar to: Message-ID: 527B726C.9070200@frank.uvena.de (it's another post of myself) Also when hitting answer, your client should add the References and In-Reply-To header to new mail. Also pelase don't answer to the collection of mails.
Cheers, Frank
And to add to Franks note, please don't do reply-all, just reply to the list. When you reply-all the direct reply will almost always get to the sender before the list bounce, so it is likely this is the one that will get the next reply, and that means to you directly, taking the conversation off list.
Also please don't edit subject lines unless you mean to split the thread, the big ugly Gorilla of webmail clients, Gmail, will only thread based on subject. So editing the subject means you split the thread for those users.
Cheers Lex
On 13 November 2013 02:33, Frank Lanitz frank@frank.uvena.de wrote:
Hi folks,
Sorry for that Geany-OT posting... but please be so kind and take some second to check whether your mail client is respecting the threading when answering a post. I've got a lot of spitted up threads here and it's really annoying and time consuming to put them together again.
In details: When answering a post, your mail client (or at latest yout mail server) should add a message ID to your mail. This can be checked in source of your mail and looks similar to: Message-ID: 527B726C.9070200@frank.uvena.de (it's another post of myself) Also when hitting answer, your client should add the References and In-Reply-To header to new mail. Also pelase don't answer to the collection of mails.
Cheers, Frank
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On 12 November 2013 23:36, Lex Trotman elextr@gmail.com wrote:
And to add to Franks note, please don't do reply-all, just reply to the list.
The big ugly Gorilla of webmail clients, Gmail, automatically sets "Reply all" (my default) to "Reply" when it detects a mailing-list ;)
-H-
Am 13.11.2013 00:18, schrieb Harold Aling:
On 12 November 2013 23:36, Lex Trotman elextr@gmail.com wrote:
And to add to Franks note, please don't do reply-all, just reply to the list.
The big ugly Gorilla of webmail clients, Gmail, automatically sets "Reply all" (my default) to "Reply" when it detects a mailing-list ;)
And at least in past didn't respect the references and stuff. Not sure if still.
Cheers, Frank
On 13 November 2013 20:54, Frank Lanitz frank@frank.uvena.de wrote:
Am 13.11.2013 00:18, schrieb Harold Aling:
On 12 November 2013 23:36, Lex Trotman elextr@gmail.com wrote:
And to add to Franks note, please don't do reply-all, just reply to
the
list.
The big ugly Gorilla of webmail clients, Gmail, automatically sets "Reply all" (my default) to "Reply" when it detects a mailing-list ;)
And at least in past didn't respect the references and stuff. Not sure if still.
It does not use references or reply-to fields for threading, which is why I asked people to not edit subject fields unless they mean to split the thread.
Cheers Lex
Cheers, Frank
Users mailing list Users@lists.geany.org https://lists.geany.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users
Am 13.11.2013 10:57, schrieb Lex Trotman:
On 13 November 2013 20:54, Frank Lanitz <frank@frank.uvena.de mailto:frank@frank.uvena.de> wrote:
Am 13.11.2013 00:18, schrieb Harold Aling: > On 12 November 2013 23:36, Lex Trotman <elextr@gmail.com <mailto:elextr@gmail.com>> wrote: >> > And to add to Franks note, please don't do reply-all, just reply to the >> > list. > The big ugly Gorilla of webmail clients, Gmail, automatically sets > "Reply all" (my default) to "Reply" when it detects a mailing-list ;) And at least in past didn't respect the references and stuff. Not sure if still.It does not use references or reply-to fields for threading, which is why I asked people to not edit subject fields unless they mean to split the thread.
Thunderbird doesn't split on subject change which makes it very weird for me if you just change the subject to start a new thread. E.g. the thread "Gtk2 vs Gtk3 (was. Re: A direction for Geany)" is a subthread of "A direction for Geany" for me. Very annoying.
Best regards.
On 13.11.2013 11:13, Thomas Martitz wrote:
[snip]
Thunderbird doesn't split on subject change which makes it very weird for me if you just change the subject to start a new thread. E.g. the
Which is exactly the _CORRECT_ behavior.
thread "Gtk2 vs Gtk3 (was. Re: A direction for Geany)" is a subthread of "A direction for Geany" for me. Very annoying.
Yes, this is a desired behavior, if the subject changes during the discussion.
Use the [Write] button in Thunderbird to compose a new message!
Best regards Andreas
Am 14.11.2013 12:40, schrieb Thomas Martitz:
Am 13.11.2013 13:02, schrieb Frank Lanitz:
Am 13.11.2013 11:19, schrieb Andreas Tscharner:
Use the [Write] button in Thunderbird to compose a new message!
ACK.
So do this :) You tend to just change subjects within threads without starting new ones.
Message ID? If you refer to discussion Gtk2 vs Gtk3, it was a follow up. No new thread -- just picking one aspect.
Cheers, Frank
Am 14.11.2013 13:15, schrieb Frank Lanitz:
Am 14.11.2013 12:40, schrieb Thomas Martitz:
Am 13.11.2013 13:02, schrieb Frank Lanitz:
Am 13.11.2013 11:19, schrieb Andreas Tscharner:
Use the [Write] button in Thunderbird to compose a new message!
ACK.
So do this :) You tend to just change subjects within threads without starting new ones.
Message ID? If you refer to discussion Gtk2 vs Gtk3, it was a follow up. No new thread -- just picking one aspect.
Yes, this is one example. For me there is no difference between between "picking one aspect" and a new thread, because the subject changes in both cases, and I only differentiate email threads by subject.
Best regards.
Am 13.11.2013 11:19, schrieb Andreas Tscharner:
On 13.11.2013 11:13, Thomas Martitz wrote:
[snip]
Thunderbird doesn't split on subject change which makes it very weird for me if you just change the subject to start a new thread. E.g. the
Which is exactly the _CORRECT_ behavior.
thread "Gtk2 vs Gtk3 (was. Re: A direction for Geany)" is a subthread of "A direction for Geany" for me. Very annoying.
Yes, this is a desired behavior, if the subject changes during the discussion.
Use the [Write] button in Thunderbird to compose a new message!
What if I don't want to compose a new message but respond to one? I.e. like normal except that I want to split off to a new thread?
Best regards.