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Re: Screwed up newsreaders...
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Mon, 16 Oct 2000 18:06:06 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Frank Filz wrote:
> Just noticed a way in which Netscape Communicator 4.75 is screwed up. It
> determines threads solely by subject (unless I'm missing a configuration
> option, I remember WinVN had several options for how to handle threading
> which gave you a choice as to whether to base threading solely on the
> references header or on subject).
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> Ok, just did some tests. It's actually quite aggressive, it does ALSO
> look at the references. So it can glom several threads which happen to
> have intersecting subjects together. Yuck.
Don't get too excited about this. Forte (Free) Agent does the same thing.
I suspect it's a common custom on newsreaders.
I think the longest-running thread on LUGNET has the subject "test". On
lugnet.off-topic.test, of course.
Steve
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| (...) I wasn't getting excited about it. I was bemoaning the fact that Netscape doesn't give you the choice as to whether to use strict or relaxed threads. It certainly can be more pleasant reading a thread which is broken by a broken newsreader (...) (26 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| Just noticed a way in which Netscape Communicator 4.75 is screwed up. It determines threads solely by subject (unless I'm missing a configuration option, I remember WinVN had several options for how to handle threading which gave you a choice as to (...) (26 years ago, 15-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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