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Re: Screwed up newsreaders...
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Date: 
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).

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 (...) (24 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 (...) (24 years ago, 15-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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