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Re: Screwed up newsreaders...
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Tue, 17 Oct 2000 15:55:17 GMT
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Steve Bliss wrote:
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> In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Frank Filz wrote:
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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 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.
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> Don't get too excited about this. Forte (Free) Agent does the same thing.
> I suspect it's a common custom on newsreaders.
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> I think the longest-running thread on LUGNET has the subject "test". On
> lugnet.off-topic.test, of course.
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 with relaxed threads, but I
dislike being forced to see threads which happen to have the same
subject as a single thread.
--
Frank Filz
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| (...) 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 (26 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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